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John J. "Jack" Fitzgerald



Jack Fitzgerald was born September 27, 1935 in Washington DC.

HISTORY

After several years as a door to door salesman, in 1956 Jack took a job at Handley Ford with Vince Sheehy Sr. as a mentor and boss. Jack was a Ford "Top Hat" salesman and became a sales manager in 1965, and later in 1966 bought his first dealership "Diver Dodge" on Old Gerogetown Road in Bethesda Maryland with a partner, Bob Dowd, of Dowd appliance in Wshington DC.

In 1968 Jack moved the dealership to Rockville Pike opening Colonial Dodge, Inc.

Since that time, Jack has acquired, owned and operated several dealerships,which eventually were built into their own brand, Fitzgerald Auto Mall. These franchises and locations included:
 * Wheaton Dodge City, Inc.
 * Bethesda Ford, Inc.
 * Shulman Buick, Sterling Inc.
 * Lakeforest Oldsmobile, Inc.
 * Lakeforest Chrysler, Inc.
 * Countryside Jeep
 * Watkins Burdette Dodge, Inc.
 * Lakeforest Toyota, Inc.
 * Thacker Cadillac, Oldsmobile Inc.
 * Non-Stop Mazda, VW Inc.
 * Park Chrysler Jeep Dodge, Inc.
 * Fitzgerald Toyota Nissan, Chambersburg Inc.

Jack Fitzgerald has represented many brands of vehicles, including: