Jay is the original "Rocket Man" serving with the USMC in Vietnam in the '60s.
His specialties were Rockets and Demolitions.
After graduating from college, where he majored in architecture, Jay went on to become Vice President of Gimbles Department Store in New York City.
In 1982 he started Fitzpatrick Design Group, a Retail Design Firm, and winner of dozens of major international design awards.
In 2004, Jay was inducted, along with such luminaries as Raymond Loewy, into the Retail Design Institutes, Legion of Honor.
He is an avid runner and has run the seven NYC Marathons since its inception in the ’70s and is a US Patent holder.
He continues with his company, Fitzpatrick International Group, to design Shopping Centers and Department Stores around the world.
He lives with his wife Patricia, in Southampton, NY.
Jay has published four political thrillers: Fear Itself, Best Served Icy, The Patsy, and his latest, Wolfhampton - President Trump - Money, Mayhem, and Murder in the Hamptons.
Jay is currently writing a new novel - Home Again Is The Son - a story of Time Travel and Redemption. Contact Jay - fig1@optonline.net