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Whereas, Paul C. Fisher, the inventor of the pressurized Fisher Space

Pen, was born on October 10, 1913, in Lebanon, Kansas; and

Whereas, After attending college for 3 years, Paul Fisher interrupted

his education to work full time at the Cedar Rapids Bakery, where he

served as General Manager from 1936 to 1938; and

Whereas, In 1938, Paul Fisher returned to Kansas State University in

Manhattan, Kansas, and received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1939;

and

Whereas, During World War II, Paul Fisher was General Manager and

Assistant to the President of Aetna Ball Bearing Manufacturing Company,

which manufactured bearings for propellers, jeeps, tanks, naval guns and

other military equipment and which received the "E Award" from the War

Production Board of the United States for efficient war production; and

Whereas, In October 1945, after Milton Reynolds of the Reynolds

International Pen Company introduced the Reynolds BallPoint Pen, an

amazing new invention that earned millions of dollars for his company in

the next 3 months but proved defective, Paul Fisher was asked by Reynolds

to help design a new ball pen and later became Reynolds’ main supplier of

parts for that pen; and

Whereas, With encouragement from the top officers of Reynolds

International Pen Company to invent "the writing instrument of the future,"

Paul Fisher began his efforts to improve the ball pen, which is a project that

he continues to this day; and

Whereas, To finance his continued research, Paul Fisher designed his

famous Bullet Pens, founded the Fisher Pen Company as a division of

Fisher Armour Manufacturing Company and began manufacturing Fisher

Pens in October 1948; and

Whereas, As President and owner of Fisher Space Pen Company of

Boulder City, Nevada, Paul Fisher has helped design and build many

special tools and automatic machines and has several valuable patents,

including patents covering inks, improved ballpoint pens, the erasable ball

pens and the pressurized Space Pens that are used on all manned space

flights; and

Whereas, Paul Fisher was recognized as Nevada Small Business

Person of the Year in 1980 by the United States Small Business

Administration, the Nevada Exporter of the Year in 1995 by Governor Bob

Miller and the Nevada Inventor of the Year in 1997 by the Nevada

Technology Council; and

Whereas, One of Paul Fisher’s inventions was named the Product of

the Year in 1996 by Imagining Magazine, and the Fisher Space Pen

Company was selected as one of Nevada’s top 100 private companies in

1998 by the Las Vegas 100; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate

Concurring, That the members of the 70th session of the Nevada

Legislature do hereby commend Paul C. Fisher for his enterprising and

inventive spirit which has contributed in many ways to this country and,

especially, to the State of Nevada; and be it further

Resolved, That the residents of this state recognize Paul Fisher as a

model of what one person with a passion can accomplish; and be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and transmit a

copy of this resolution to Paul C. Fisher.

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