Leonard Edward Fitzgerald ’42

Fitz died Apr. 19, 2002, in Tempe, Ariz., his home for many years. He retired from two careers, the first in 1967, from the Air Force as a director of electronics engineering and installation, and in 1983 as the Arizona governor's representative to acquire and administer programs to offset extensive flood damage to local communities.

Fitz came to Princeton from Irving Prep School, majored in psychology, and was a member of Charter Club. During the war he served in the US and England in the Army Signal Corps. After the war he continued his Army career, supervising the laying of underwater cables in the Pacific and under Montana wheat fields, until he retired as a lieutenant colonel. During this tour of duty he received a citation for his deployment planning and participation in the 1958 Lebanon crisis.

His second career, in state government, led to his being awarded the Arizona Distinguished Service Medal. Always a loyal member of the class, Fitz will be missed by his many friends and classmates. To his widow, Dee; to his children, Walker and Louise; and to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren the class extends its most sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1942