Robert Marshall Tucker

Robert Marshall Tucker, 84, of Middletown and New York, passed away on October 9, 2024, in South Carolina.  Born on July 19,1940 in Port Jervis, NY, he was the son of the late Allen and Ella (Roberts) Tucker.

Bob lived in Durham, Connecticut from 1948-1955 where he was a member of the Church of the Epiphany.  In 1955, he moved to Maplewood, New Jersey graduating Columbia High School with honors Class of 1958.  He went on to attend Williams College in Massachusetts for a year, returned to NJ and received his bachelor’s degree from Keene College. He was also a member of Delta Phi Fraternity.  He spent his career working at Columbian University, NYC.

“Few people know TC better than longtime staff member Robert Tucker.  Over the past 40 years, Bob has worked in a range of TC departments with some of the College’s most esteemed leaders.  Bob began his TC career in the Music Education Department at a time when Lincoln Center was under construction and the city was hosting Shakespeare’s 400th Anniversary Festival.  He subsequently worked in what is now the Biobehavioral Sciences Department, served as Assistant to the Dean, and even had a stint in Human Resources as Assistant to the Director of Personnel. 

All of that before Bob settled into the Department of Health Education, where he has been a fixture for nearly 30 years.  In his current role as Director of Academic Administration, Bob is known for his friendly disposition, flexible attitude and copious knowledge of the department and its work.  But that’s just Bob on the job, as it were.  A true Renaissance man, Bob has also worked on Wall Street and at CBS, and holds degrees in literature, humanities (psychology) and philosophy.  Among the latter, his favorite is the M.Ed. he received in the program in Philosophy of Education from Teachers College, where his advisor was the late Maxine Greene.  The College’s family-like atmosphere and collaborative space are major reasons, Bob says, why TC has remained at the forefront of education.” *as quoted from Getting to Know You, September 2014, Teachers College Newsroom.

Bob is survived by his brother John and sister-in-law, Joyce Tucker of Middletown and a sister Libby and brother-in-law, Tony Marx of Greenville, SC; a nephew Christopher Marx and family, two nieces Kimberly Bethe and Katherine Marx as well as numerous cousins from the Robert’s family.

A graveside service will be at Mica Hill Cemetery, Durham CT on Monday, October 21st at 11:00 AM.  In lieu of flowers, please plant a tree in Bob’s memory.  To plant a tree, share memories or send condolences to the family, please visit www.doolittlefuneralservice.com.

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