Mr. Fitzmaurice is a business entrepreneur and financial leader who has dedicated the last 58 years to industrial management, financial governance, and social entrepreneurship.
WELLESLY, MA, June 15, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to name Laurence Dorset Fitzmaurice a Lifetime Achiever. An accomplished listee, Mr. Fitzmaurice celebrates many years' experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Mr. Fitzmaurice is a business entrepreneur and financial leader who has dedicated the last 58 years to industrial management, financial governance, and social entrepreneurship. He is featured by his alma mater, Babson College, as an "entrepreneur of all kinds," where he attributes his success to "...a holistic world view on ethics, business practices, and ecological and employment practices." Mr. Fitzmaurice believes a manager's responsibility is the stewardship of the enterprise, not just quarterly earnings. Today, he is the steward of the Dorset Management Group, a position he has held since 2002.
Born to John Vincent and Alice Earle Fitzmaurice in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1938, Mr. Fitzmaurice initially studied management at Babson College, earning a Bachelor of Science in 1959. He worked in industrial management as a production control employee at Sylvania, the noted lighting manufacturer. Mr. Fitzmaurice became division controller for the defense and technology company EG&G one year later, and served there for eight years during some of the most profitable and diversified years of the company's history. In the following years, Mr. Fitzmaurice worked in various management positions for Tyco Laboratories, Analog Devices, and Balco, Inc., all industrial giants in their fields. During this period, Mr. Fitzmaurice also attended postgraduate studies in law at Boston College.
In 1976, Mr. Fitzmaurice's studies paid off and he was appointed by the Governor as comptroller of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, transitioning to commissioner of revenue for the state in 1978. He went on to become senior consultant at American Management Systems in Arlington, Virginia, and in 1980, he was a consultant for the city of Boston. In 1982, Mr. Fitzmaurice accepted a position as vice president of the State St. Bank & Trust Company, serving until his retirement in 2002, followed immediately by his position at Dorset Management.
Mr. Fitzmaurice is certified in the Series 6 exams for financial products, has served on the board of Bank Incorporation in Boston, and has consulted with Executive Service Corp. of New England. Mr. Fitzmaurice has also taught as an adjunct professor at the Northeastern University Graduate School of Political Science and the New England College of Finance. In 2005, he became president and CEO of the New England Center for Homeless Veterans (NECHV) and was recognized by Babson College as a leader in social entrepreneurship. His service with NECHV was one of the proudest moments of Mr. Fitzmaurice's life.
Outside of his professional life, Mr. Fitzmaurice has taken on a number of roles, such as commissioner of the Massachusetts State Lottery, member of the allocations committee of United Way of Massachusetts Bay, secretary of the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, and treasurer of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans. From 2008 to 2012, Mr. Fitzmaurice served as director of the Babson College Alumni Association. He was affiliated with the Human Relations Service in Wellesley, Massachusetts, the Social Policy Research Group in Boston, the Boston Municipal Research Bureau, the USS Constitution Museum, and the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers.
Additionally, Mr. Fitzmaurice served from 1957 to 1962 as a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and was awarded the 2011 Marine Corps League of Boston Distinguished Service Award. He is also the recipient of the 2009 Richard J. Snyder Distinguished Service Award from Babson College and the Better Government Award from the Pioneer Institute in Boston. For entrepreneurial spirit and achievements in government, Mr. Fitzmaurice was selected for inclusion in numerous volumes of Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the East, Who's Who in the World, four volumes of Who's Who in Finance and Industry from 1998 to 2003, and three volumes of Who's Who in Finance and Business from 2006 to 2010. Mr. Fitzmaurice married in 1961 and has three children.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to his profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Mr. Fitzmaurice has been featured on the Marquis Who's Who Lifetime Achievers website. Please visit www.ltachievers.com for more information about this honor.
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