Faith Canby Dillon Hentschel

November 22, 1943 - September 9, 2021

After struggling for years with a debilitating degenerative neurological disease, Faith Canby Dillon Hentschel died peacefully on September 9, 2021 in the presence of her long-term care giver and friend Faustina N Sackey Mensah.

Born on November 22,

1943 and raised in Wilmington, Delaware, Faith graduated from the Tower Hill School in Wilmington in 1961 and went on to receive a BA from Mount Holyoke College in 1965.

During the 1970’s Faith was one of the many young Americans who helped run the music “Festival of Two Worlds” in Spoleto, Italy working with Giancarlo Menotti, Pincus Zukerman, Isamu Noguchi and many other composers, musicians and artists.

In 1982 Faith received a Doctorate in Classical Archeology from Yale University. During the following four decades, Faith was an Affiliated Scholar and Associate Director of the Institute of Nautical Archeology (INA) and participated in numerous Bronze Age, Ottoman, and Medieval underwater archeological shipwreck excavations off the coasts of Spain, Italy and Turkey.

From 1983 to 2009 Faith was a tenured Professor at Central Connecticut State

University teaching Art History to the delight of her many young students, and as a guest lecturer, was the inspiration for one of INA’s future Presidents.

Faith was the daughter of Adelaide Mahoney Dillon and James Canby Dillon and survived her younger sister Leslie Dillon. She is survived by her daughter, Samantha Pinckney and her son-in-law Scott Pinckney, her son, Michael Hentschel and her daughter-in-law Merideth Hentschel; as well as her grandchildren Abigail Pinckney, Jacob Pinckney, Alex Hentschel and Gabriella Hentschel and her many friends and extended family. In lieu of flowers: Donations to the Institute of Nautical Archeology - https://nauticalarch.org/ donate-online/.

Please see her online memorial @ www.wsclancy. com