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
2007