Known to everybody except his elderly relatives as Tom, Thomas Augustus Fiske was an Irishman by blood, an American by birth and a Southern Californian by choice. He was born on 15 November 1910 near the Canadian border of North Dakota, the son of a physician.
Tom was educated at North Dakota State College (now NDSU), where he majored in Pharmacy. He was associated with pharmaceuticals most of his adult life, working in drug stores in both Wisconsin and Minnesota before settling in the College Heights district of San Diego, California to raise a family.
He rose to the position of superintendent and buyer for a large drug chain before his country called him to service. After three years in the Army, he joined Boyle & Co. of San Diego. He developed a wide range of skills, including compounding prescriptions and buying bulk pharmaceuticals as well as representing his company as a competent spokesman.
Author’s Note: Mr. Fiske died on the 28th of November, 1979 in Los Angeles, at the age of sixty-nine. He was neither famous or infamous, but just an ordinary American who lived an ordinary life. We believe that every life is precious and submit this short documentation of his life as a salute to him and millions of others like him.
Tom was educated at North Dakota State College (now NDSU), where he majored in Pharmacy. He was associated with pharmaceuticals most of his adult life, working in drug stores in both Wisconsin and Minnesota before settling in the College Heights district of San Diego, California to raise a family.
He rose to the position of superintendent and buyer for a large drug chain before his country called him to service. After three years in the Army, he joined Boyle & Co. of San Diego. He developed a wide range of skills, including compounding prescriptions and buying bulk pharmaceuticals as well as representing his company as a competent spokesman.
Author’s Note: Mr. Fiske died on the 28th of November, 1979 in Los Angeles, at the age of sixty-nine. He was neither famous or infamous, but just an ordinary American who lived an ordinary life. We believe that every life is precious and submit this short documentation of his life as a salute to him and millions of others like him.
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