Francis J. Fabrizio
		2007
Francis J. Fabrizio, 96, a retired clinical professor in the Dental  Department of Georgetown University and a practicing dentist in the District,  died Dec. 9 at Washington Home and Community Hospice of complications of a series of strokes.
Dr. Fabrizio, a third-generation Washingtonian, graduated from Eastern High School. He received a bachelor's degree from George Washington  University in 1931 and a dental degree from Georgetown University in 1935. He  also did postgraduate work at New York University and the University of  Pennsylvania.
As a dental student, he was instrumental in establishing a Georgetown  connection with the Navy Dental Corps, thereby providing scholarships for dental  students and a source of Navy dentists.
After receiving his dental degree, he established a private practice in the  District and began teaching at Georgetown. During World War II, he was a Navy  dentist in Jacksonville, Fla., and he remained active in the Naval Reserve,  ultimately achieving the rank of rear admiral.
He returned to his practice and to teaching after the war. He also helped  create a residency program for periodontics at the National Naval Medical Center  in Bethesda. He retired from his practice in the late 1960s and from teaching in  1974.
Dr. Fabrizio served as president of the District of Columbia Dental Society  and as national vice president of the American Dental Association. He was a  founder of the Georgetown Club of Washington and was its second president. He  also served as vice president of Georgetown University's national alumni  association.
With his brother, Michael Fabrizio, he owned and operated the Henlopen Hotel  in Rehoboth Beach, Del., from 1951 to 1971. He was involved in a number of civic  and philanthropic efforts in Rehoboth Beach.
He was a member of the Metropolitan Club and the Rehoboth Beach Country Club.
His wife, Louise Ryan Fabrizio, died in 1995.
Survivors include two children, C.A. Knoll and Francis J. Fabrizio Jr., both  of the District; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
-- Joe Holley