Melvin Fitzgerald

Melvin Fitzgerald worked in the Department of Biochemistry for more than 55 years. His obituary article in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center “VUMC Voice” can be read here.

L-R, F. Peter Guengerich, Ph.D., Melvin Fitzgerald, George Hill, Ph.D., and Jana Lauderdale, Ph.D., R.N.

January 2011, Melvin Fitzgerald receives the VUMC Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award.

September 2013, Melvin Fitzgerald is presented the highest staff honor, the Commodore Award, by former Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos (right) and former Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Jeff Balser (center).

Far left: Trinita Fitzgerald, beloved wife of Melvin Fitzgerald

Far right: Melvin Fitzgerald

Trinita and Melvin Fitzgerald were featured in the December 2001/January 2002 edition of the “VUMC House Organ.”