George Fuller - Class of 1969

EX-ANSONIAN WATCHES PRESIDENTIAL PULSE...
By Robert Storace - Register Staff
(New Haven Register 7-9-99)

ANSONIA - When President Clinton travels on Air Force One to meet a foreign dignitary, travel to Camp David or even play a round of golf, Ansonia native Col. George Fuller is not far behind.

As one of the president's five personal physicians, Fuller, who grew up on Pulaski Highway, is there in case of a medical emergency.

While his childhood friends praise he man they describe as dedicated and Energetic, no one is more proud of Fuller than his mother, Natalie.
As she sat in her Pulaski Highway home Wednesday, Natalie Fuller beamed with pride when speaking of her only child, who joined the White House staff in April.
"He wanted to be a doctor from day one," she said. "He is very friendly and maybe just a bit too compassionate. He's not showy or pushy."

George Fuller is a family practice physician who graduated from Fairfield University and the Uniformed Services University, an armed forces school.
His down-to-earth attitude was evident when Natalie Fuller got to meet her son's boss, the president, for the first time last week, she said. She said several White House staff her how much they loved her son and how pleasant he was.

With her son by her side, Natalie Fuller met Clinton briefly at the airport at Sherwood Island in Westport. Clinton (…) shook her hands and said, "You must be proud of your son."

Natalie Fuller, who works as a volunteer at the Griffin Hospital gift shop, said she told the president he "was better looking in person than in the papers." The president chuckled, she said.

George Fuller, 43, who works for the Army, began a two-year tour working as a White House physician in April. Fuller, who travels with the Secret Service detail when he's the physician called to travel with Clinton, declined to be interviewed for this story. When he's not traveling with Clinton, Fuller works at a clinic in the White House.

Natalie Fuller declined to say whether her son has treated the president. She said any medical facts her son might learn while working for the president are secret. Details of her son's recent trips with the president to Germany, Belgium and Camp David, among other places, also can't be divulged, she said.
But Natalie Fuller said her son likes the Clintons and called the president "very friendly and personable."

George Fuller's childhood friends say they aren't surprised that the Ansonia boy who rooted for the New York Rangers grew up to work as one of the doctors for the chief executive officer of the United States.
"You could not find a more loyal or better friend," said John Iannarone, a friend of Fullers for 26 years and Fuller's roommate at Fairfield University. "It is especially wonderful that this has happened to a blue collar kid. His dad worked at Farrel's and his mom worked at Sikorsky."

Natalie Fuller said her son is enjoying the opportunity to see the world, and he also is happy that his 4-year-old son, Alexander, gets to see the White House up close.

Alexander sat on the White House lawn during the recent Fourth of July fireworks show, and took part in the Easter Egg hunt on the White House lawn, she said.