Carl H. Fischer Endowed Collegiate Professorship The Carl H. Fischer Endowed Collegiate Professorship was established to honor long time Department of Mathematics faculty member Carl H. Fischer.  Fischer passed away in 1988.  Fischer had a long and interesting actuarial career and provided wise advice to many groups.  He taught at the University from 1941 until his retirement in 1974.  In 1950, he was appointed Professor of Insurance and Actuarial Mathematics, a joint appointment in the School of Business Administration and the Department of Mathematics.  Through it he encouraged business and insurance education of actuarial students.  He is remembered as having the knack for breaking complicated matters down into simpler components, and communicating them in his teaching and writing.  Many students appreciated this quality. In a busy career, Fischer served on many important committees of the University and was an active Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and of the Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice.  Fischer was a member of the Advisory Council on Social Security, and his advice was sought by a number of other federal and state commissions.  He was a consultant on social security to the Philippines and to Liberia. The Professorship was funded through a charitable remainder annuity trust and estate plan established by Fischer’s wife, Kathleen, to assure that his legacy continues in the Department of Mathematics and the Actuarial Program.  After Kathleen’s passing in 1999, the endowment continues to be supported by Fischer’s sons, Patrick and Michael, both of whom graduated from UM with degrees in Mathematics.  If you would like to honor Professor Fischer with a contribution to the Professorship endowment, please contact the Department of Mathematics at 734-647-4462 or email math.mich@umich.edu.  In addition, online giving through the University of Michigan is available on the web at http://www.giving.umich.edu/howto/index.html.  Select online credit card giving.  On Step 3, you will be asked to select a fund. For the Fund Name, please input “Carl H. Fischer Professorship in Actuarial Mathematics.”