A family service will be at a later date in Pittsburgh, Pa.
An attorney specializing in securities and international law, Mr. Schuchert was admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, California and New Mexico. He served as chief prosecutor and tried 50 homicide cases in Pennsylvania. He was a consultant by lenders to troubled companies and served as the CEO of an aerospace company in Los Angeles and a public company in Pennsylvania. Thomas served as an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association, the National Association of Securities Dealers and a variety of other arbitral bodies. He was a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, England.
A graduate of St. Vincent's Prep and the Business School of the University of Pittsburgh, he received his JD from Duquesne University and his LLM in International Law from University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
Mr. Schuchert served as a member and chair of the board of trustees of La Roche College in Pittsburgh, Pa., and taught in administration and management division of La Roche College.
He recently moved from Jackson, N.J., where he was a visiting professor at Georgian Court University School of Business in Lakewood, N.J. His courses were international in emphasis, including international finance, international economics, and international trade law at undergraduate and graduate levels.
Mr. Schuchert had a special fondness for quarter horses and border collies, and particularly favored his champion border collie, Robert the Bruce.
He is survived by his spouse, Dr. Margaret A. Huber, current president of Presentation College in Aberdeen and former president of La Roche College and Notre Dame de Namur University; one sister, Alice Clark of Naples, Fla.; his brother, Joseph Schuchert of Newport Beach, Calif., and his five children: Thomas J. Schuchert Jr. of Allison Park, Pa., Steven Schuchert of Greensburg, Pa., Dr. Barbara Clouser of Wexford, Pa., Dr. Matthew Schuchert of Sewickley, Pa., and Dr. Sharon Perry of Pine Grove Mills, Pa.
Carlsen Funeral Home and Crematory of Aberdeen has been entrusted with arrangements.
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