Edmund Bacon Fitzgerald

Background

Fitzgerald, Edmund Bacon was born on February 5, 1926 in Milwaukee. Son of Edmund and Elizabeth (Bacon) Fitzgerald.

Education

He attended the Milwaukee Country Day School, the Deerfield Academy and the University of Michigan.

Career

He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1943 to 1946 and from 1950 to 1952. Business endeavors

Fitzgerald served as chief executive officer of Cutler-Hammer, Incorporated. for 15 years. During the 1980s, he was chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nortel.

He was also director of the Business Council on National Issues in Canada for four years.

He also served on the board of trustees for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, First Wisconsin National Bank and Beloit College. Baseball endeavors

Fitzgerald co-founded the Milwaukee Brewers in 1970, serving at various times as Vice President and General Partner on the club until 1982.

During the 1970s, he was on the Executive Council of Major League Baseball and chairman of its Player Relations Committee. Political and other endeavors

Fitzgerald served as Industry Advisory Council to the United States. Department of Defense and was President of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association.

He served on President Ronald Reagan"s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee and was a life trustee and chairman on the Committee for Economic Development.

Fitzgerald"s father, also named Edmund Fitzgerald, was a civic leader who served as chairman of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, and is the source of the name for the Great Lakes freighter Steamship Edmund Fitzgerald, popularized in the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot.

Achievements

• Edmund Bacon Fitzgerald has been listed as a noteworthy Electronics industry executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Captain United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1943-1946, 51-52. Member National Electrical Manufacturers Association (president 1968).

Connections

Married Elisabeth McKee Christensen, September 6, 1947. Children: Karen, Kathleen, Edmund Greer, Rogers Christensen.

Father:

Edmund Fitzgerald

Mother:

Elizabeth (Bacon) Fitzgerald

Spouse:

Elisabeth McKee Christensen

child:

Rogers Christensen Fitzgerald

child:

Kathleen Fitzgerald

child:

Karen Fitzgerald

child:

Edmund Greer Fitzgerald