William Frederick Fisher

William Frederick Fisher is an American physician and former NASA astronaut, born on 1 April 1946 in Dallas, Texas. He earned a bachelor of arts from Stanford University in 1968 and a doctorate in medicine from the University of Florida in 1975. After an unsuccessful application to astronaut group 8, he was selected by NASA on 19 May 1980 as part of group 9. He flew once, as a mission specialist on Discovery during STS-51I, from 27 August to 3 September 1985, a mission lasting just over seven days. He retired from NASA on 31 January 1991 and later practiced emergency medicine. He was married to fellow astronaut Anna Fisher and is now remarried, and his recreational interests include boating.