Matthew Hoyt, a student in Penn Engineering’s online master of computer and information technology (MCIT) program, died on June 24. He was 51.

Mr. Hoyt, who grew up in Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, obtained a master of accounting degree from Brigham Young University in 2006. One of his professors nominated him for the Postgraduate Technical Assistant Program with the Financial Accounting Standards Board, which took Mr. Hoyt across the country. Mr. Hoyt then held roles as a senior associate at KPMG LLP and an associate director at UBS Investment Bank before ultimately working as a senior accounting manager, specializing in accounting policy, for PNC.

A love of computer programming eventually led Mr. Hoyt to pursue a second master’s degree in computer and information technology from Penn Engineering’s department of computer and information science, starting in 2022. He was working towards this degree at the time of his death.

Mr. Hoyt is survived by his wife, Lillian Hoyt; his mother, Phyllis Deborah Hoyt; his four children, Jackson, Elise, Andrew, and Charlotte; and his siblings, Brooke (Jason) Mayhall, Jason (Kjerstin) Hoyt, BJ Hoyt, and Shannon (Tim) Dickman.

Donations to Mr. Hoyt’s family can be made here.

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