Marlin Fitzwater is an American writer who served as White House Press Secretary for Presidents Ronald Reagan and then George H. W. Bush, making Fitzwater one of the longest-serving
U.S. Press Secretaries in history. Fitzwater was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal in 1992. He is the founder of
Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication located at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire. He is married to Melinda and has two adult children, Bradley and Courtney. Fitzwater lives in Deale, Maryland, a village on the Chesapeake Bay.
