It is with a good deal of personal sadness that I have to report to our readers that Mary Jane Fisher, National Underwriter's long-time Washington Correspondent, has decided to retire.
It was over a quarter-century ago that Mary Jane began reporting for NU on insurance activities in the nation's capital. Since that time, her name has become familiar as a reporter who could be trusted to get the story–and always get it right.
Actually, Mary Jane had been involved in journalism for many years before joining NU. A native of Seattle, she majored in journalism at the University of Washington. Her first job out of college was as a reporter for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
During World War II, Mary Jane served for three years in the Navy as a WAVE officer. After the war she accompanied her husband to Paris, where among other things she became friends with Alice B. Toklas, who also hailed from Seattle.
