‘Father of Batch Processing’ Thomas Fisher, dies of cancer

Thomas Fisher, World Batch Forum’s (WBF) chairman and a leading figure in the development of batch processing standards, died Dec. 6 after a long battle with cancer. He was 60 years old. Mr. Fisher, who had a long career with Lubrizol Corp., was a founder of the Instrumentation, Systems and Automation (ISA) Society’s SP88 Committee, which formulated the batch manufacturing standards presently used worldwide. He served as the committee’s chairman and editor of the standards.

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