Courage, Honor, Truth: A Family’s Gift to Brunswick’s Future

Growing up in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, David Fisher P ’35 never had the chance to be a Bruin, but his father and grandfather were both proud alumni.

He is the son of David N. Fisher, Jr. ’57 and grandson of David N. Fisher ’26 — the two older men not only attended Brunswick but grew up right in the neighborhood, having been raised in homes a stone’s throw from Maher Avenue. Though he never had the privilege of being a Brunswick student himself, Fisher said he would not be who he is if not for the education of his father and grandfather.

“Brunswick shaped them, and they shaped me,” he said.

Fisher said it is this inherited strength — the heritage of Courage, Honor, Truth and everything it entails — that prompted he and his wife, Michelle, to establish the David N. Fisher Class of 1926 Scholarship Fund.

The fund provides scholarship assistance to a Lower or Middle School boy from a socioeconomically disadvantaged background who demonstrates financial need.

“Michelle and I have always been focused on supporting access to education, since we see it as the great equalizer,” Fisher said. “While I didn’t have the privilege of attending Brunswick myself, I know that through its influence on my father and grandfather in their formative years, the school had a significant impact on me.”

“So, on some level, we see this scholarship in my grandfather’s name as representing an alumnus reaching down through the generations to help provide a Brunswick education to a boy who might not otherwise have that opportunity.”

“It’s our job, in a way, to give back on his behalf,” he said.