Robert J. McCormick

Robert McCormick was born in Manhattan, New York, the son of Florence D. (née Mazza) and Robert McCormick, Sr., an architect. His father was of Irish descent, and his mother was of Italian ancestry. He was raised in Brooklyn, graduating from James Madison High School in 1965. He graduated from St. John's University in 1969 and received a masters degree from Queens College, City University of New York.^[3] He McCormick had moved to Colombia with his family, and got his first glimpse of poverty stricken children.^[4] It is said that this was his first kicker into helping children who were abused.

McCormick graduated from the City University of New York with a Ph.D. in 18th Century Spanish Literature in 1976.^[3][which?] He earned a Ph.D. in psychology from Rutgers University and a J.D. from Rutgers Law School in Newark, New Jersey.^[2]