Later, Professor Fitzgerald served as consulting business dean at UT Austin until his retirement in 1959. A leading authority in banking and insurance, Professor Fitzgerald was recognized as one of the top 22 economists in the United States by the New York Sun in 1940. In 1959, the College of Business Administration initiated the J. Anderson Fitzgerald lecture series and in 1986 inducted him posthumously into the College of Business Administration Hall of Fame. John R. Durbin, Secretary The General Faculty Biographical sketch prepared by Teresa Palomo Acosta and posted on the Faculty Council web site on November 17, 2000. Additional biographical sources can be found in the Barker Texas History Center and the UT Office of Public Affairs.
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