At CODAA’s General Meeting on Thursday, August 21, 2014, Patricia Bradley, part-time math teacher at COD, was remembered on a plaque given in her honor by her husband, Jim Bradley, Associate Professor of Math at COD. The inscription reads: “In memory of Patricia Bradley, one of the eighty-six original members of CODAA in 2000, our Union salutes and acknowledges the pioneering work of its founders: Joanne Barsanti, Susan Dreghorn, Loretta Pyrdek, Vicki Root-Wadja, and Diane Rzeszewski.”
In an e-mail to Cheryl Baunbach-Caplan, our current president, Jim writes that his “beloved spouse would have been pleased as well. The adjunct faculty is COD’s prime asset, far more crucial than bricks, mortar, statues, or fountains. The role of CODAA working for their collective welfare is vital. This mission and those who enabled it are worthy of such recognition. Thank you. . .for all you [do] for our students and our institution.”
We thank Jim for his generous donation to CODAA in memory of his wife; we also thank our founders for making the College of DuPage Adjuncts Association a reality. The plaque, which also has a clock, will be hung in BIC 2418, the CODAA office.
