Background
Fitzgerald, Robert James was born on November 3, 1918 in New York City. Son of Maurice Edward and Anna Marie (Ledogar) Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald, Robert James was born on November 3, 1918 in New York City. Son of Maurice Edward and Anna Marie (Ledogar) Fitzgerald.
Bachelor of Science, Fordham University, 1939. Master of Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute University, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University, 1948.
Microbiologist, American Cyanamid Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut, 1941-1945;
sanitarian, ensign, United States Public Health Service, Kansas City, Kansas, 1945-1946;
Lieutenant (junior grade), United States Public Health Service, 1948;
advanced through grades to captain, United States Public Health Service, 1963;
research microbiologist, United States Public Health Service National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1948-1969;
retired, United States Public Health Service, 1969;
research career scientist, unites states department Veterans Affairs, Miami, Florida, 1969-1994. Professor microbiology School Medicine U. Miami, 1969-1988. Research professor dentistry U. Florida, Gainesville, 1971-1994.
Consultant, advisor United States Public Health Service, Bethesda, 1970-1994, Navy Dental Research Institute, Great Lakes, Illinois, 1972-1994. Consultant Merck Research, South Florida Veterans Affairs Research Foundation, since 1994.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Microbiology.
Married Dorothea Babbitt, June 20, 1945.