Historic Reno Preservation Society’s free Second Sunday programs offer topics related to Reno and Nevada history.

Follow Roy Frisch from boyhood to the night in Reno when he mysteriously disappeared. On March 22, 1934, now almost 80 years ago, Frisch vanished and would never be seen again. What conditions in 1934 Reno allowed his disappearance with no trace despite the presence and sustained efforts of numerous Bureau of Investigation agents? Take a trip through the many contemporary and later accounts along with the FBI website “Vault” to discover both the old and new facts of the case and to gain a better understanding of why Roy Frisch was the man who never returned.

Michael E. Fischer is a retired dentist who has many years of private sector cultural affairs management experience.  Fischer has served on the Board of Directors of the Western Folklife Center, is a life member and serves on the board of the Douglas County Historical Society as well as the board of the Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society and the Nevada Agricultural Foundation. Fischer is actively involved with the H. F. Dangberg Home Ranch in Douglas County, and was a Douglas County Commissioner for eight years. He was appointed Director of the Department of Cultural Affairs by Governor Gibbons in 2007 and served in the Sandoval Administration until Cultural Affairs was merged with Tourism. Fischer’s interest in Nevada history began as a child when his family visited historic sites around the state.