Edmund Fitzgerald was a prominent American businessman and executive best known for his role in Milwaukee baseball history. He was born on February 5, 1926, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and died on August 28, 2013, at age 87. Fitzgerald helped spearhead the return of a Major League Baseball franchise to Milwaukee, which materialized as the Milwaukee Brewers in 1970, and he served in leadership roles with the team for many years, including as vice president and chairman of the board through the early 1980s. Beyond baseball, he held top posts in major corporations, notably as CEO of Cutler-Hammer for many years and later as chairman and CEO of Northern Telecom (Nortel) in the 1980s, with involvement in various government and industry advisory roles. His efforts in industry and international trade earned him recognition, including honors such as the Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd Class, for contributions to U.S.-Japan trade relations.
If you’re asking about the ship Edmund Fitzgerald, it was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a severe storm on November 10, 1975, with all 29 crew members lost. The ship became widely known in popular culture through Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 ballad “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”.
