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Michael Vitez was born on 11 April, 1957 in Washington, D.C., is an American journalist and author. Discover Michael Vitez's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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Occupation Director of Narrative Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 11 April, 1957
Birthday 11 April
Birthplace Washington, D.C.
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His wife is Maureen Fitzgerald

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1939

He is the son of immigrants, his father having fled from Budapest, Hungary in 1939, and his mother came to America from Europe as a German Jew in 1941; both leaving their homeland to escape from Hitler's reign.

He is the son of immigrants, his father, Thomas Vitez, fled Budapest, Hungary in 1939, and his mother, Marianne, came to America from Europe as a German Jew in 1941; both leaving their homeland to escape from Hitler's reign.

His parents met in New York City, eventually moving to the Washington area.

Even though his parents both wrote their own biographies, he told their stories in his book, Great Americans.

He is married to Maureen Fitzgerald, and they have three children.

1957

Michael Thomas Vitez (born April 11, 1957) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author.

Vitez was born on April 11, 1957, in Washington, DC and grew up in North Springfield, in northern Virginia.

1978

Vitez gained his first experience in journalism, as editor in chief of his school newspaper, The Cavalier Daily, at the University of Virginia, from 1978 to 1979.

1979

After graduating from the University of Virginia in 1979, Vitez found positions at a series of middle-sized newspapers; first as a staff member at the Virginian-Pilot/LedgeStarr (1979–80), and on the staff of The Washington Star (1980-1981).

1985

He is the Director of Narrative Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, after serving as a journalist over a three decade career (1985-2015) with The Philadelphia Inquirer.

His work at the Inquirer was focused on human-interest stories.

He was on the staff of the Hartford Courant before being offered and accepting a position at the Inquirer in 1985.

Vitez has had a long career in Philadelphia, as a general-assignment feature writer.

1994

After completing eight months as a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan in 1994–95, Vitez began to focus on aging, and end-of-life decisions.

1997

In 1997, Vitez, along with Inquirer photographers April Saul and Ron Cortes, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Journalism for a series of articles he wrote on end-of-life care, telling the stories of terminally ill patients who wished to die with dignity.

He has authored four books, one based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning stories, Final Choices.

In 1997, Vitez, along with Inquirer photographers April Saul and Ron Cortes, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Journalism for a series of articles he wrote on end-of-life care, telling the stories of terminally ill patients who wished to die with dignity.

As a result of his work leading up to his Pulitzer Prize win, Vitez wrote Final Choices, a book, based on his award-winning articles, focusing on individuals in pursuit of a noble death that was published in 1997.

Vitez noted that he tries "to celebrate ordinary people around us by showing how ordinary people sometimes do extraordinary things."

2006

In November 2006, Vitez published Rocky Stories, a collection of stories about people who came to Philadelphia to run the famous Rocky Steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

The book features glossy, color photos by Inquirer photographer and fellow Pulitzer Prize-winner Tom Gralish, and an introduction by the star of the Rocky movies, Sylvester Stallone.

"'You can't borrow Superman's cape. You can't use the Jedi laser sword. But the steps are there. The steps are accessible. And standing up there, you kind of have a piece of the Rocky pie.'"

His focus on end-of-life care continued, and Vitez was granted access, for 18-months, to Abington Memorial Hospital, in Pennsylvania.

2010

in 2010, Vitez wrote a story about palliative care, "A look at the New Field of Palliative Care."

His second article, "One 's Simple Measure to Defeat Infections," described how a simple hand-washing campaign, could save lives and prevent needless infections.

2015

In 2015, Vitez left the Inquirer to serve as the Director of Narrative Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University.

He also teaches elective courses at the university.