Background
Fitzgerald, Joseph C. was born on October 8, 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Jay and Mary Ellen (Clemens) Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald, Joseph C. was born on October 8, 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Jay and Mary Ellen (Clemens) Fitzgerald.
Bachelor of Science, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, 1949. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy in Humanities (honorary), University Buffalo, 1959.
Doctor of Philosophy in Humanities (honorary), University Texas, 1967.
Aeronautical engineer, United Aircraft, Boston, 1952-1957; lead dynamicist, Cons./Designers, New York City, 1957-1959; research engineer, General Dynamics, Rochester, New York, 1959-1962; project manager, TRW Sys., San Bernardino, California, 1962-1965; project manager, TRW Sys., Houston, 1965-1969; progressive manager, TRW Sys., San Bernardino, 1969-1982; aeronautical engineer consultant, Los Angeles, since 1982.
Major United States Air Force, 1941-1946. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Member Air Force Association, National Association Research Engineers.
Married Dorothy Marie Rouleau, January 1, 1947. Children: Garry J., Mark J., Brian J.