Robert H. Dickerson, 69, of Camden, founder of the city’s acclaimed Unity Community Center, humanitarian, electronics expert, teacher, mentor, and athlete, died Monday, Oct. 9, of heart failure at Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital.
Mr. Dickerson was born in Darby, lived in Philadelphia and Camden, and worked tirelessly for more than four decades to provide thousands of young people and others from Camden and elsewhere a safe place to congregate, engage, learn about the world, and make life better for everyone.
He and his wife, Wanda,…
