Robert Curvin
Robert Curvin was an advocate for Newark, New Jersey. He lived in the Vailsburg section of Newark, and he devoted much scholarly effort to the issue of urban poverty. He is originally from Belleville, New Jersey. He died of multiple myeloma in 2015, at the age of 81.Education
Born in Newark, Robert Curvin grew up in Belleville before attending Rutgers University, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in 1960 and his MSW in 1967. He went on to receive a PhD in political science from Princeton University in 1975.
