Summary:
Bob Fisher was interviewed by Andree Duggan on May 28, 2021. He and his wife and children lived in Lafayette for 19 years, between 1966 when he became a professor of criminology at UC Berkeley and 1985, when they moved to New York for a new career opportunity. Not long afterward they returned to Orinda and have lived there ever since. During his time in Lafayette Bob provided important leadership, which was based on his strong personal values, to the effort to incorporate the City and establish local control, and to the creation of a community-driven governance model for the City. He served two terms as mayor in his 8 years on the City council, during which nearly 250 Lafayette citizens served on the new commissions which had been given responsibility for such areas as Fire, Signage, Walkways, and BART.
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