Edward A. “Doc” Fitch  D-89, was an instrumental leader of the PCA/USPA board for more than a decade during the sport’s formative years.  He began jumping as a young medical resident in Philadelphia; prior to that, he was a paratroop medical captain with an army airborne division and was an instructor with the first group that trained in Arizona in 1961. He organized the Texas Parachute Council, spearheaded the adoption of many of those regulations for the PCA (the forerunner of USPA), was an accomplished aviator with all of the customary civilian ratings and served on the board of the NAA.  He passed away in 1973.