Martha Brochin, 1981 Martha Brochin, 44, of H amden, CT, died on Jan. 22,2004 following a brief illness. After graduating from Hopkins Grammar-Day Prospect Hill School, she attended Trinity where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She received her B.S. degree in 1981 . Subsequ ently, she studied at Tufts University and received her M.D. degree. She was a pediatrician in the New H aven, C T, area for the last 12 years. She is survived by her husband, Joseph Camilleri, Jr. , '81, M .D. , of Hamden, CT; her rwo children,Joey and Anna; her parents; siblings; and in-laws. Janette Fraser Wodal, 1981 Janette F Wodal , 61, of Manchester, CT, died suddenly of complications w hile undergoing surgery on March 9, 2004. She attended Juilliard and received her B.A. degree from Trinity in 1981. Subsequently, she received a double master's degree from Wesleyan University. She had worked for the board of education in Manchester, teaching music on the elementary level in the town 's public schools. She was a co-founder of the children's summer theater group, C.A.S.T. Inc., and in September 2003, she became an inductee of the Hall of Fame, receiving an award recognizing excellence in education and presented by the Manchester Arts Council. Surviving are her son, Jonathan Wodal, and her fiance, Edwin Bennett. Bronzell Dinkins, 1995 (see " Faculty" listing) Anthony Robert Pandolfe, 1999 Anthony R. Pandolfe ofWethersfield, CT, died on April 13, 2004 at age 27. After graduating from Xavier High School, he attended Tufts University and then Trinity, receiving his B.A. degree in 1999. He was the author of several children's books and served as a teacher, coach, and mentor. Among his survivors are his parents, Robert and Linda Pandolfe, ofWethersfield, CT; rwo brothers, Michael, and Robert; and his paternal grandparents.
Faculty Jan Kadetsky Cohn Jan Kadetsky Cohn, 70, of Troy, NY, died on July 1, 2004 after a lengthy illness. A 1955 graduate of Wellesley College, who earned a master's degree from the University of Toledo and a doctorate from the University of Michigan, she came to Trinity in 1987 from George M ason University, w here she chaired the English department for eight years. Previo usly, she had been on the faculty at Carnegie-Mellon University, the University ofWisconsin-Whitewater, and the University ofToledo. At Trinity, she was the first woma n to serve as dean of the faculty and chief academic officer, a position she held from 1987 to 1994. The only dean of faculty in the history of the college to have taught a course every semester during her deanship, she was the G. Keith Funston Professor of American Literature and American Studies. In 1994, she resumed full-time teaching at Trinity, contributing courses not only to the English department and the American Studies Program but also to the Cities Program. She was a dedicated scholar and writer. Among her five books are a life of novelist M ary Rob erts Rinehart (1980), R omance and the Erotics of Property: Mass-Market Fiction for Women (1988), and Creating America: George Horace Lorimer and The Satt-~rday Evening Post (1989) . She also wrote more than 40 articles, book chap ters, encyclopedia entries, and reviews on subjects as diverse as "The Lesson of Sir Gawain," "William Morris and the Paris Prefecture," "The Structure of Joseph Heller's Catch-22," and "The Poetry and the Prejudice: The Case of Ezra Pound." H er most recent research centered on images of childhood in An1eri can literature and cultme. Active in fac ulty life and the College after leaving the deanship, she co-chaired the dean of faculty search committee in 1999-2000. During the past yea r, she had been organizing a symposium on "Bushnell Park at 150: Legacies and Lessons" to help mark the sesquicentennial of the Park's founding adjacent to Trinity's original campus. This symposium, scheduled for the Washington R oom on Sept. 30-0ct.1 , is dedi cated to her memory. She leaves her husband, William Cohn, of Sandisfield, MA; a daughter, Cathy Barrow, ofWashington, DC; a son, David Solomon, of Albany, NY; a brother; and t\짜0 grandchildren. Bronzell Dinkins Bronzell Dinkins, 58, of Hartford, died suddenly and unexpectedly on Sept. 16,2004. He attended Alabama State University, the University of Connecticut, the University of H artford, and received his B.S. degree from Trinity in 1995. H e had been a staff sergea nt in the U.S. Army. In 1970, he began his career as a training manager in the personnel department of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. H e retired after 22 years of service. At the time of his death, he was a training program manager in the Office of Policy and M anageme nt for the State of Connecticut and an instructor in computer science at Trinity. H e leaves his wife, Patricia Lewis Dinkins, the HRIS / benefits specialist in the College's human resources department, where she has worked since 1979; and their son, Bronzell D. Dinkins, a processing assistant in Trinity's library since 1994. Also survivi ng are his daughter-
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