It is with great sadness that we report that Howard K. Clery, Jr., co-founder of Security On Campus, Inc. (SOC), died peacefully at his Florida home on January 1st at the age of 77. He was the loving husband of Constance B. Clery for 51 years and the father of three adoring children - Howard III, Benjamin and the late Jeanne.

Howard and Connie co-founded SOC in 1987 following their daughter Jeanne's April 5, 1986 murder in her Lehigh University residence hall room by a fellow student she didn't know. For the last two decades they both fought tirelessly to make college and university campuses safer places. They secured the passage of more than 30 state and federal laws, including the landmark federal Jeanne Clery Act which is named in memory of their daughter, that require colleges to report campus crime information and protect victims' rights.

"Our nation has lost a strong and steadfast voice for campus public safety," said Raymond H. Thrower, Jr. the President of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA).

A Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 8th in the Villanova University Chapel (St. Thomas of Villanova Church), Villanova, PA. Interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery, Old Gulph Rd., Conshohocken, PA.

In lieu of flowers, contributions to Security On Campus, Inc., 133 Ivy Lane Suite 200, King of Prussia, PA 19406-2101 will be most gratefully received. Notes of condolences may also be sent to this address or to soc@securityoncampus.org.