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Dr John Edmund Fitzgerald

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Dr John Edmund Fitzgerald

Birth
USA
Death
13 Apr 2007 (aged 83)
Cobb County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Sandy Springs, Fulton County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Dr. J. Edmund Fitzgerald, 83, of Marietta, passed away Friday, April 13, 2007 at his residence. A funeral service will be held Monday at 2pm at St. Anne's Catholic Church with Father John Gabriell M.S. celebrant officiating. Interment will be in Arlington Memorial Park in Sandy Springs.

Dr. Fitzgerald is survived by his wife of over 60 years, Elaine Fitzgerald; two daughters and sons-in-law, Deborah and Richard Wool, Christine and John Soltis; son and daughter-in-law, David and Chris Fitzgerald; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his son, John Fitzgerald.

Dr. Fitzgerald was a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Physics and Fellow of the American Physical Society. He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineering. Dr. Fitzgerald has a DSc from the National University of Ireland and a Masters of Science from Harvard.

He is the former Director of the School of Civil Engineering and Associate Dean of the School of Engineering at Georgia Tech. His research areas included solid rocket propellants and non-linear mechanics.

Dr. Fitzgerald enjoyed billiards, was an avid sailor and lifetime member of the Cork Royal Yacht Club of Ireland.

The family will receive friends Sunday from 3-5pm with a prayer service at 5pm at Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home in Marietta. Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Apr. 15, 2007
Dr. J. Edmund Fitzgerald, 83, of Marietta, passed away Friday, April 13, 2007 at his residence. A funeral service will be held Monday at 2pm at St. Anne's Catholic Church with Father John Gabriell M.S. celebrant officiating. Interment will be in Arlington Memorial Park in Sandy Springs.

Dr. Fitzgerald is survived by his wife of over 60 years, Elaine Fitzgerald; two daughters and sons-in-law, Deborah and Richard Wool, Christine and John Soltis; son and daughter-in-law, David and Chris Fitzgerald; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his son, John Fitzgerald.

Dr. Fitzgerald was a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Physics and Fellow of the American Physical Society. He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineering. Dr. Fitzgerald has a DSc from the National University of Ireland and a Masters of Science from Harvard.

He is the former Director of the School of Civil Engineering and Associate Dean of the School of Engineering at Georgia Tech. His research areas included solid rocket propellants and non-linear mechanics.

Dr. Fitzgerald enjoyed billiards, was an avid sailor and lifetime member of the Cork Royal Yacht Club of Ireland.

The family will receive friends Sunday from 3-5pm with a prayer service at 5pm at Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home in Marietta. Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Apr. 15, 2007

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