Background
Gerald-Bush, Frank Shepard Fitz was born on October 11, 1925 in Hialeah, Florida, United States. Son of Frank Shepard and Lady Irene (Coburg-Fitzgerald) Bush.
Gerald-Bush, Frank Shepard Fitz was born on October 11, 1925 in Hialeah, Florida, United States. Son of Frank Shepard and Lady Irene (Coburg-Fitzgerald) Bush.
Bachelor of Arts, University Miami (Florida), 1953, Master of Arts, 1964. Instructor Ransom School, Coconut Grove, Florida, 1957-1958, Saint Johns Country Day School, Orange Park, Florida, 1959-1961. Instructor in history Homestead Air Force Base Extension, Florida State University, 1961-1964.
Reference librarian, curator Floridiana, John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, Hialeah, 1966-1971.
Historian City of Opa-locka (Florida), since 1975. Director South Florida Archaeological
Museum, 1975. Instructor Vivian Laramore Rader Poetry Group, since 1973, Institute Continuing Studies University Miami, 1990.
Author: (poetry) Native Treasure, 1943, Sonnets In Search of Sequence, 1968, Remembered Spring, 1974. Memories of a Golden Land, 1985.
(history) A Dream of Araby: Glenn H. Curtiss and the Founding of Opa-locka, 1976, MacGyver-The Dramatic Art of Richard Dean Anderson, 1995. Contributor numerous articles, reviews and poems to professional journals. in Great Britain, France, United States, since 1942.
Trustee Friends of Opa-locka Library, since 1976.
Member board advisers South Florida Poetry Institute, 1975.
Instructor Ransom School, Coconut Grove, Florida, 1957-1958, Saint Johns Country Day School, Orange Park, Florida, 1959-1961. Instructor in history Homestead Air Force Base Extension, Florida State University, 1961-1964. Reference librarian, curator Floridiana, John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, Hialeah, 1966-1971.
Historian City of Opa-locka (Florida), since 1975.
Director South Florida Archaeol.Museum, 1975. Instructor Vivian Laramore Rader Poetry Group, 1973, Institute Continuing Studies U. Miami, 1990.
Author: (poetry) Native Treasure, 1943, Sonnets In Search of Sequence, 1968, Remembered Spring, 1974;Memories of a Golden Land, 1985. (history) A Dream of Araby: Glenn H. Curtiss and the Founding of Opa-locka, 1976, MacGyver-The Dramatic Art of Richard Dean Anderson, 1995.
Contributor numerous articles, reviews and poems to professional journals in Great Britain, France, United States, 1942.
Trustee Friends of Opa-locka Library, since 1976. Member board advisers South Florida Poetry Institute, 1975.
Served with Royal Canadian Air Force, 1943-1944, United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1948-1951 American Field Service, 1944-1945, United States Air Force, 1951-1955. Member Florida History Society, History Association Southern Florida, Dade Heritage Trust, Irish Georgian Society, County Kildare Archaeological Society (life), Florida Anthropology
Society, Royal Air Force Association (life), Opa-locka Chamber of Commerce (associate), South.R., Sons of the American Revolution, Magna Charta Barons, English-Speaking Union, Viscayans, Disabled American Veterans (life), American Legion.