Who is Dick Fisher from Shadow of the Almighty and what is their importance?

A grammar school friend of Jim Elliot, Dick became a close friend during their high school years and beyond. They played high school football together, and during the war, due to rations, the two of them often hitchhiked home from school and shared their ideas about great things of the world. During this time, Jim Elliot told him he had plans to become President of the United States. When he visited Jim's home for the first time, he was more than impressed not only with the number of chores Jim performed, but the methodical way he attacked them. They were all the skills he'd later see his friend use in a position of leadership.