Dominic M. Roberti *59

Dominic Roberti, professor emeritus of chemistry at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, died unexpectedly from a heart attack July 15, 2014. He was 81.

Roberti graduated from St. Joseph’s and in 1959 earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from Princeton. He later returned to St. Joseph’s and taught chemistry there for almost 30 years before retiring in 1995.

He had undergone treatments for prostate cancer for more than 20 years and his condition was regarded as stable before his heart attack. After retiring from St. Joseph’s, he began a desktop-publishing business with his wife, Carole, designing and typesetting many books and newsletters as well as St. Joseph’s college catalogs and directories.

Roberti volunteered at a local Cancer Support Community, where he talked to and comforted newly diagnosed cancer patients. He also continued his involvement with several Catholic charities. In recent years, he and his wife were active in the Philadelphia Buddhist Association, for which he was a board director. Concerned about the environment, he did much reading and research on ecological issues and wrote a book of essays on them.

He is survived by his wife, two children, and six grandchildren.

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