OSU Foundation - Nancy Ward Fischer
In 1981 Nancy Ward Fischer and her late husband, Dodd Fischer, cofounded Storables, Inc.: the Portland-based specialty retail chain. Ms. Fischer also oversees a family forest in St. Helens, Oregon.
Ms. Fischer graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in
1966 with a BA in Experimental Psychology. Her daughter, Alexandra
“Paige” Fischer, earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in forest resources from OSU
in 2004 and 2007, respectively. She is a professor at the University of
Michigan – School for Environment and Sustainability. Her daughter,
Cameron Fischer, is an instructor in human development and family
sciences at OSU-Cascades.
Ms. Fischer is a founding member of the ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Foundation Oregon Chapter and has been a member of the Knight Cancer Institute Council. She has also served as a member of the OHSU Foundation board and the Reed College Women’s Committee.
