Fitzie Grogan Petersmeyer died February 15, 1985, at the age of 33 after a long struggle with cancer. Established to carry on her spirit, The Fitzie Foundation makes annual awards to recognize outstanding young women from the institutions that featured most prominently in Fitzie’s life.
Caroline Davitt
Tenacre Country Day School, 2006 Recipient
Global Brigades Medical Mission, Honduras, January 2016. As part of a Global Brigades Medical Mission, Caroline set up and worked at a mobile medical clinic in a rural community in Honduras.
The time I spent abroad thanks to the Fitzie Foundation grant were the best two weeks of my life — from exploring new places, to meeting a variety of exciting and unique new friends.
Hayley Price, 2015 Recipient, Harvard College