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New Mexico Tech Professor Dr. William X Chávez, Jr. PhD spoke at Mike Fitzgerald’s funeral in Tucson, AZ. in August, 2009.
“…Mike Fitzgerald loved his profession. He took advantage of any opportunity to read and to learn everything about mineral exploration, and he loved to be in contact with anyone who could enrich his life. He especially enjoyed being with students and he took notes about each student's project so he could follow-up the next time he saw them. Students whom Mike’s contributions supported often commented that his interest in their work gave them a sense of importance, and that their choice in mining geology carried career-long responsibilities
He was very thankful for everything he received in his life and he wanted to give back to society. Mike contributed to the John P. Fitzgerald Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund (in honor of his father) at Saint John's University in Minnesota. He established the Don Yardley Fellowship Fund at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and the Don Yardley Endowment in Economic Geology at the University of Nevada, Reno in recognition of his favorite professor from the University of Minnesota. In the past five years, five graduate students at New Mexico Tech have been supported from the fellowship he established. In addition, his support of field programs at New Mexico Tech allowed students to travel internationally to visit some of the most important mining districts in the world, as well as to travel within the southwest U.S. to perform mapping exercises in geologically spectacular areas.
Mike also supported the Society of Economic Geologists by contributing to the Discovery Fund, the Hugo Dummett Fund, and the Alberto Terrones L. Fund; he supported the Economic Geology Scholarship Fund at the University of Arizona, the Saint Thomas Academy in Minnesota, and Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers in the Republic of Korea. His concern for the homeless, and drug- and alcohol-addicted men and women, was evident in his support of the Gospel Rescue Mission and the Casa Maria Soup Kitchen - both in Tucson…”
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