Background
Tamkus, Daniel was born on February 8, 1934 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Stanley Ambrose Tamkus and Bernice Eva Levinskas.
Tamkus, Daniel was born on February 8, 1934 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Stanley Ambrose Tamkus and Bernice Eva Levinskas.
AB, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1953. Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1954.
Editor United States Government Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Maryland, 1955—1961. Writer Northwest Ayer, Philadelphia, 1961—1974. Owner, president Daniel Tamkus Inc., since 1974.
Member advisory committee writing seminars Johns Hopkins University, since 2002.
Member of National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, American Society of Composers, Writer's Guild of America, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Edith Neil Russell, April 30, 1955 (divorced). Married Ellen Brown Cutler, February 7, 2010. Children: Michele Anne, Denise Holenstein.