Tom Sharkey, 2016 Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee, Passes Away
6/9/2020 11:43:00 AM | General, Pirate Blue
Thomas J. Sharkey '54, a former member of the Seton Hall baseball team, a longtime contributor to the University and a 2016 inductee into the Seton Hall Athletics Hall of Fame, passed away on Sunday, June 7.
Originally from Elizabeth, N.J., and a graduate of Seton Hall Prep before attending Seton Hall University, Sharkey played baseball for the Pirates and went on to pitch in the Detroit Tigers organization for three years and serve in the United States Military for two years before starting a career in the insurance industry. He founded Meeker Sharkey, an insurance brokerage firm in Cranford in 1962. He was a certified life underwriter and had his chartered financial consultant designation. He possessed a sharp business acumen and displayed a longstanding commitment to excellence.
Sharkey and his wife, Ruth, have been staunch supporters of Seton Hall and the Immaculate Conception Seminary for many years, making contributions to the Pirate Blue Athletic Fund and to schools across the University. Their generosity made possible the Ruth Sharkey Academic Resource Center, the Seton Hall Sports Poll Conducted by the Sharkey Institute and the Distinguished Visiting Scholars program at our School of Diplomacy and International Relations, among many other initiatives.
Sharkey made service to his alma mater an integral part of his life; he served as a member of the Board of Regents nearly continuously from 1986 to 2015, when he was elected as a regent emeritus. During his time on the board, he served as chair of the successful Ever Forward capital campaign.
In addition to his Athletics Hall of Fame induction, Sharkey was honored as the University's Many Are One "Distinguished Alumnus" in 1994 and inducted into the Entrepreneur Hall of Fame in 2007.
Please keep Tom, Ruth and the entire Sharkey family in your prayers.
Visitation
Thursday, June 11
4-8 p.m.
St. Mary's - Stony Hill Church
Watchung, New Jersey
Funeral Mass
Friday, June 12
10 a.m.
St. Mary's - Stony Hill Church
Watchung, New Jersey
For more information, visit https://higginsfuneralhome.com/
Originally from Elizabeth, N.J., and a graduate of Seton Hall Prep before attending Seton Hall University, Sharkey played baseball for the Pirates and went on to pitch in the Detroit Tigers organization for three years and serve in the United States Military for two years before starting a career in the insurance industry. He founded Meeker Sharkey, an insurance brokerage firm in Cranford in 1962. He was a certified life underwriter and had his chartered financial consultant designation. He possessed a sharp business acumen and displayed a longstanding commitment to excellence.
Sharkey and his wife, Ruth, have been staunch supporters of Seton Hall and the Immaculate Conception Seminary for many years, making contributions to the Pirate Blue Athletic Fund and to schools across the University. Their generosity made possible the Ruth Sharkey Academic Resource Center, the Seton Hall Sports Poll Conducted by the Sharkey Institute and the Distinguished Visiting Scholars program at our School of Diplomacy and International Relations, among many other initiatives.
Sharkey made service to his alma mater an integral part of his life; he served as a member of the Board of Regents nearly continuously from 1986 to 2015, when he was elected as a regent emeritus. During his time on the board, he served as chair of the successful Ever Forward capital campaign.
In addition to his Athletics Hall of Fame induction, Sharkey was honored as the University's Many Are One "Distinguished Alumnus" in 1994 and inducted into the Entrepreneur Hall of Fame in 2007.
Please keep Tom, Ruth and the entire Sharkey family in your prayers.
Visitation
Thursday, June 11
4-8 p.m.
St. Mary's - Stony Hill Church
Watchung, New Jersey
Funeral Mass
Friday, June 12
10 a.m.
St. Mary's - Stony Hill Church
Watchung, New Jersey
For more information, visit https://higginsfuneralhome.com/
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