July 18, 2005

Fitzgerald '82 investigates leak

While Washington DC bubbles about the ongoing investigation surrounding the leak of a CIA agent’s name, the Baltimore Sun printed an extensive profile of the “tough and relentless” prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald ‘82, who is leading the investigation. The Sun traces Fitzgerald’s career back to his Amherst years, where

…he had a gift for distilling huge amounts of complex information into a simple, understandable narrative that his classmates could understand. Friends would turn to him after economics class for a translation of the day’s lesson, Tony Bouza [also ‘82] said.

“He was born with an amazing brain,” Bouza said. And Fitzgerald always took pains to be “unassuming and nonintimidating,” aware that his intellect might put people off.

Still, there were early signs of his inner grit. Fitzgerald took up rugby—a bruising sport he would continue through college, law school and his early days as a young lawyer in Manhattan—and allowed his friends glimpses of what Bouza called a “clever, sarcastic wit.”

Parker Morse '96 | July 18, 2005 10:27 AM | Alumni

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