Helen Fish Hall (FHA)

Helen Fish

Mrs. Helen Murray Fish, a lifelong resident of Rochester and the Third Ward area near RIT, was an avid supporter of cultural activities in the city.  Many RIT students at the downtown campus location knew her to be a kind and generous friend. Helen Fish was also very well known for her helpfulness towards the neighborhood children, holding tea parties and inviting them into her secret garden.

In 1920, she became a founder and original board member of the Hochstein School of Music. The school's purpose was to provide music education for children whose parents could not afford to pay for music training. This school later became a part of the Eastman School of Music.

Her sister was Florence Murray Wallace, for whom the Wallace Library is named.