James Edward Fitzmorris Jr. (November 15, 1921 – June 30, 2021) was an American politician who served on the

New Orleans City Council The New Orleans City Council is the legislative branch of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Established in 1954 through a home rule charter, it replaced the city’s previous commission form of government created under the 1912 C ...

from 1954 to 1966 and as

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from 1972 to 1980. Fitzmorris graduated from

Loyola University New Orleans Loyola University New Orleans is a Private university, private Jesuit university in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Originally established as Loyola College in 1904, the institution was chartered as a university in 1912. It bears the nam ...

in 1962 and was an initiated member of

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fraternity from the

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