Since then, he has served as an educator
(assistant dean of men at the University of Wisconsin and Purdue
University); corporate executive and foundation administrator (with
Cummins Engine Co. and Deere & Co.); president of Willamette
University; president of Organization Development Consultants, with
over 350 clients; founder of Inside Advantage Publications; and a
member of the board of directors for 12 companies.
He is the author of 38 books on business
management, organization development, entrepreneuring, health and
inspirational self-help. They include several best sellers and
book-of-the-month selections by the American Management Association
and other groups. The editors of Business Week selected his book
“Nobody Gets Rich Working for Somebody Else” to be one of the top 10
books ever written for entrepreneurs. His book “Sleep Disorders:
America’s Hidden Nightmare” received the prestigious Benjamin
Franklin Award. His columns in publications such as Entrepreneur,
New Business Opportunity, Communication Briefings and the American
City Business Journals reach millions of readers.
Fritz’s
books are published, distributed and translated in 31 countries and
languages. In 1966, he was selected by President Lyndon Johnson to
serve on the President’s National
Council on Youth Opportunity. In 1999, he
was chosen to be included in the book, “The 200 Best Speakers in
America.”
Fritz joined the Monmouth College board of
trustees in 1957 and provided outstanding leadership as its chairman
from 1961-69. At the time of his election at the age of 32, he was
the youngest college board chairman in the United States.
He received the Outstanding Young Man Award
in Moline, Ill., in 1962, and Outstanding Service Awards from the
American Red Cross in 1961 and 1965. In 1963, he was named MC’s
Young Alumnus of the Year and he received the college’s
Distinguished Service Award in 1969.
Fritz currently resides in Naperville with
his wife, Kathryn Goddard Fritz ’50. The couple has two grown
daughters.
