William Harold Fishman (March 2, 1914 – January 25, 2001) was a Canadian-American cancer researcher who taught at Tufts University from 1948 until his retirement in 1975. In 1976, with a $180,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute, he co-founded the La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation (since renamed the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute) with his wife, Lillian. He was also the founding editor-in-chief of Tumor Biology, serving in this role from 1980 to 1983. References 1914 births 2001 deaths Cancer researchers People from Winnipeg University of Saskatchewan alumni University of Toronto alumni Tufts University faculty Canadian biochemists American biochemists University of Chicago faculty Medical journal editors Canadian emigrants to the United States