“Leo Fishman, a Marine veteran, lawyer, Kiawah Island town council member, Charleston Symphony Orchestra board president and philanthropist, died Tuesday. He was 77,” writes Clint Thomas in Saturday’s (1/16) Post and Courier (Charleston, S.C.). “Born June 22, 1938, in Brockton, Mass., Fishman graduated from Harvard College in 1961 and from Georgetown Law Center in 1964. He went to work for the U.S. government in the Office of Economic Opportunity, part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s ‘War on Poverty.’ Subsequently, he entered private practice as a lawyer in Washington.” In retirement he lived on South Carolina’s Kiawah Island, where he “became an active member in the community, serving in local government on the Planning Commission and two terms as Town Council member. Outside of Kiawah Island, he was a principal of The Center for a Better South, an organization founded to lead and plan progressive economic change. He helped the Charleston Symphony Orchestra secure much-needed funds when he was president of the board.” Fishman is survived by his wife, Carol, and numerous cousins.
Posted January 19, 2016
