Donald W. Fiske

Donald W. Fiske
Born	c. 1917 Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Died	April 6, 2003 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Residence	Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University University of Michigan
Occupation	Psychologist
Employer	University of Chicago
Spouse(s)	Barbara Page
Children	1 son (Alan Fiske), 1 daughter (Susan Fiske)

Donald W. Fiske (c. 1917 - April 6, 2003) was an American psychologist.

Donald W. Fiske was born circa 1917 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He grew up in Medford, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University and earned a PhD from the University of Michigan.

Fiske was a professor of psychology at the University of Chicago.

Fiske specialized in methodological issues in personality, ability, and trait research. He was, with Donald T. Campbell, co-author of a paper regarding the multitrait-multimethod approach to evaluating construct validity.

Fiske had a wife, Barbara Page, a son, Alan Fiske (who became a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles), and a daughter, Susan Fiske (who became a social psychologist at Princeton University). He resided in Hyde Park, Chicago, where he died on April 6, 2003.