He then played a role in the New York real estate community for years while also serving as a major philanthropic benefactor for the men and women in the United States Armed Forces and their families, as well as being involved with numerous other not-for-profit organizations.

These Fisher Houses provide free temporary lodging to the families of veterans and service members who are receiving medical care.

[3][4][5] which grew into one of the real estate industry's largest residential and commercial developers, owning more than five million square feet of office space.

More than 91 Fisher Houses now operate at military bases and Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers throughout the nation and in Germany and the United Kingdom.

The Foundation operates the nation's largest and most modern Alzheimer's research laboratory, housed at The Rockefeller University in New York City.

Fisher also served on the boards of Carnegie Hall and several other institutions and received honorary doctorate degrees from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences.

In 1998, Fisher received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Clinton in honor of his wide-ranging contributions on behalf of the young men and women in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Separately, Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton, as well as Margaret Thatcher and the late Yitzak Rabin, recognized Fisher for his support of charitable organizations throughout the United States.

On 10 March 1996, Zachary Fisher was recognized as the 1996 American College of Healthcare Executives Honorary Fellow at the ACHE's Convocation Ceremony.