- Tuesday, April 13, 2010 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Professor Profiles Before You Were Here Teaching to overcome THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Campus Clubs Photos of the Week When Don Lowell Fisher, he is a quadriplegic due to associate professor of ana- the autoimmune disease and tomical science, was first he's exempted from research diagnosed with multiple requirements because of his sclerosis in 1978, after only disability, Fisher still con- six years of teaching and tinues to teach and publish research at the University, he books and articles, didn't retire but instead saw Fisher attended under- the silver lining for his stu- graduate and graduate school dents. at Brigham Young Univer- "I decided that if I'd quit sity. He went on to receive his it'd be a terrible waste of a Ph.D. in experimental embry- superb education," Fisher ology and pathology from the said. "My MS has not affect- University of Minnesota in ed my memory. The only 1971. major problem is just that I Fisher has received a speak a little slower - and number of teaching awards, actually, the students find it including the Kaiser Perma- easier to take notes. I enjoy nente Award, the most pres- teaching." tigious teaching award given More than 30 years later, by the University's Medical Fisher is now 68 and still School. Fisher retired from teaching anatomy to medical active faculty status in 2007, and undergraduate students but he continues to teach at the University. Though anatomy classes. According to Fisher, the most important lesson he tries to teach his students is not to allow a disability to hold them back. "The severely handicapped are not useless," Fisher said. "You do whatever you want to do with your handicap. Even though I'm handicapped, I4 can still triumph." Though Fisher said he enjoys his time with his stu- dents, he said his family is also very importantto him. "I've been married for 42 years. I have four children, two boys, two girls," Fisher said. "They all graduated from Brigham Young Uni- versity with a 3.9 GPA. They, really surprised their father! They are all married, and I TOREHN SHARMAN/Daily have 16 grandchildren." Professor Don Fisher, who has multiple sclerosis, teaches anatomy to students at the -ROBINVEECK University Medical School. 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com JACOB SMILOVITZ DAN NEWMAN Editor is Chief Business Manager 734-647-3338 734-764-n55a smitovitz@michigandailyeaom tmdbuainesa@genaitcem CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom Officehours:sun.-Thurs. iia.m. -2 am. 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Wallet swiped in computer lab WHERE: Art and Architecture Building WHEN: Saturday at 1 p.m. WHAT: A caller reported that her wallet was stolen from a computer lab on the second floor, University Police report- ed. There are no suspects. WHERE: 1500 East Medical Center WHEN: Sundayat about 8:30 a.m. WHAT: Stereo speakers val- ued at $18 were stolen from the University Hospital, University Police reported. There are no suspects. Plasma TV taken from lobby WHERE: Northwood Com- munity Center WHEN: Monday at 2 a.m. WHAT: A Plasma TV was stolen from the Northwood Community Center lobby, Uni- versity Police reported. There are no suspects. seminar WHAT: A seminar by profes- sors on how stress is damaging to the human brain and the social environment of humans. WHO: Robert Wood Johnson Health and Soci- ety Scholars Program WHEN: Today at 4 p.m WHERE: Henry F. 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