Albertus Magnus Community Saddened by the Passing of Robert Dinan
Served College in 80s and 90s
New Haven, Conn., March 3, 2021 – The Albertus Magnus College community mourns the loss of Robert Dinan, a longtime
resident of West Haven, Conn., who served at Albertus as the Vice President for Finance
and Administration from 1982-1993. He died on February 27.
According to those who knew him best, Dinan had an engaging wit and warmth. Upon
graduating from Notre Dame High School in 1951, Dinan enlisted in the Air Force. He
was stationed in Kamata, Japan during the Korean War. Under the GI Bill, he earned
his degree and became a math teacher at Amity Senior High School while working part-time
at First New Haven National Bank. Dinan later left teaching to devote his full attention
to banking, rising to the level of Vice President of Auditing before coming to Albertus.
Dinan was a coach and a mentor – actively involved in the community through his work
with the East Haven Stoners Club and the Knights of St. Patrick in New Haven, serving
as president from 1978-1979.
Plans for a memorial service will be announced at a later date.
About Albertus Magnus College
Founded in 1925, Albertus is a coeducational Catholic College in the Dominican tradition. Albertus' values- and liberal arts-based education is recognized by external rankings such as US News & World Report, Money, and The New York Times, and has been named a Top 10 Military Friendly School. For ten consecutive years, at least 95% of Albertus graduates have attained employment or gone on to graduate studies within six months of completing their degrees. The College has an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students across its traditional undergraduate, accelerated adult undergraduate, and graduate program levels. Proud to enroll a student body where nearly half of its undergraduate students receive Federal Pell Grants and are first-generation college goers, Albertus is known for its innovative curricular offerings, recently launching new Bachelor's degree programs in Nursing, including BSN and Connecticut's first LPN-to-BSN; General Health Sciences; Interdisciplinary Studies; and Public Health.
Among its graduate offerings is the State of Connecticut's only Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling program, and it is just one of three schools to offer a Master of Science in Human Services. In 2025-26, Albertus is celebrating its historic 100th Anniversary and completing implementation of the Albertus 2025: Lighting the Way to a Second Century strategic plan, with a bold vision to "be a destination liberal arts-based college, distinguished in its interdisciplinary and experiential approach to education, rooted in Dominican values, that prepares students for lifelong civic engagement and success." To learn more, please visit albertus.edu.