Daniel T. Scannell

{{short description|American policeman, attorney, and business executive}}

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|name= Daniel Thomas Scannell

|birth_date={{birth date|1912|11|17}}{{cite news |title=Acting Transit Chief |author=Goldman, Ari L. |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1983-08-22 |accessdate=2010-01-06 |page=B3 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/22/nyregion/man-in-the-news-acting-transit-chief.html}}

|death_date={{death date and age|2000|2|19|1912|11|17}}

|birth_place= Bronx, New York

|death_place= Queens, New York

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|alma_mater=Fordham University
Fordham University School of Law

|spouse=Gertrude Rose (née Lally){{cite news |title=Scannell, Gertrude Rose (nee Lally) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/27/classified/paid-notice-deaths-scannell-gertrude-rose-nee-lally.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2006-08-27 |accessdate=2010-01-06}}

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Daniel Thomas Scannell Jr. (November 17, 1912 - February 19, 2000) was a policeman, attorney, and business executive who held numerous positions in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York State over a 45-year tenure.

Early life

Scannell was born in the Bronx, New York to Daniel T. (d. 1939){{cite news |title=Police Department |date=1939-03-26 |newspaper=The New York Times |page=88}} and Eleanor (née Walsh) Scannell. He attended Fordham University, earning an undergraduate degree in accounting in 1935, and earned a law degree from Fordham University School of Law in 1940.{{cite news |title=Scannell Quitting His Post As Transit Authority Chief |author=Burks, Edward |date=1975-04-09 |accessdate=2010-01-06 |newspaper=The New York Times |page=47 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/04/09/archives/scannell-quitting-his-post-as-transit-authority-chief.html}}

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