NJAdClub member and longtime publisher of the Newark Archdiocesan newspaper The Catholic Advocate Robert B. Dylak died on August 13 in Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.

Prior to taking over the reins of The Catholic Advocate 19 years ago, Mr. Dylak was editor of the Catholic Observer in Rockford, Ill., from 1976 until 1983, and earlier was a contributing writer and photographer for the Chicago Daily News and the Milwaukee Journal. He began his career as a reporter with the Milwaukee Journal and later served as a bureau chief for the Rockford Morning Star. Mr. Dylak, who held a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Marquette University and a master’s degree in history from Rutgers University, was an adjunct professor of journalism at Seton Hall University.

A Eucharistic minister at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in South Orange, he was chairman of both the editorial and promotions committees of the Catholic Press Association in Washington, D.C. He held a service award from the American Red Cross and the St. George Award from the Boy Scouts of America.

The longtime Maplewood resident is survived by his wife, Carolyn; sons David and Andrew; daughter Sandy; his father, Walter Dylak; a brother, Gregory; and three grandchildren.