Mediation Approach Addressed Mutual Interests
On August 27, 2012, Leslie Kaufman reported in the New York Times, that Harvard law professor Roger D. Fisher died at the age of 90. Professor Fisher was a co-author with William Ury and Bruce Patton, of the mediation ur-text, “Getting to Yes.” Professor Fisher also co-founded the Harvard Negotiation Project. He also advised on resolving conflicts around the globe.
His New York Times obituary included the following:
“His emphasis was always on addressing the mutual interests of the disputing parties instead of what separated them.”
And, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, his colleague John Kenneth Galbraith toasted him:
“Whenever I thought ‘Someone should do something about this,’ it eased my conscience to learn that Roger was already working on it.”
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