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Legacy of Edmund Fitzgerald eclipsed by ship tragedy
Milwaukee leader Edmund Fitzgerald shaped Northwestern Mutual and Milwaukee civic life serving as chairman in 1958 and guiding major regional institutions. His enduring fame is often overshadowed by the 1958 launching of the Mighty Fitz and its 1975 sinking on Lake Superior.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee
Edmund Fitzgerald
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Lake Michigan
Great Lakes
Fitzgerald
Northwestern Mutual
Detroit River
Lake Superior
Detroit
Cleveland
Fitz
Safe Harbor
Gordon Lightfoot
Port of
Arts Center
Post Office
War Memorial
Milwaukee Journal
Richard Cutler
Mequon
Wis
Yale University