Sad News

The recent Fordham Magazine reported that Matt FitzGibbon and Tim Brock both passed away.
I retrieved their obituaries and have summarized some of the key facts about their careers and families.

MATT FITZGIBBON passed away on January 15, 2010. Mat was born on April 25, 1933 in the Bronx. He was a graduate of the PREP, COLLEGE and LAW SCHOOL. He was an attorney with Chevron in Perth Amboy for almost 25 years and retired in 1986. He joined the law firm of Wilentz, Goldman & Spritzer as of counsel for a few years. Matt was a longtime residen of Mountainside, NJ and was active in the Honary PBA, including serving as president, and at Our Lady of Lourdes Church. He was widowed in 2007 when his wife of 50 years, Helen died. He had three children and seven grandchildren.

TIM BROCK died on December 20, 2009 at home. He was born August 10, 1935 in Milwaukee. He grew up in NYC, where he graduated from Regis and Fordham. He earned his PHD in social psychology form Yale in 1960. Tim studied at the Sorborne in Paris and the Free School in Berlin. He taught at the University of Pittsburgh and Iowa State before joining the psychology faculty at Ohio State in 1964. At OSU he founded a doctoral training program in social psychology. His 46 years career included several books, hundreds of scholarly articles. Tim was survived by his wife of 50 years, Sharon; four children, eight grandchildren.