Background
Germanotta, Dante J. was born on September 3, 1929 in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Angelo Germanotta and Madelyn Schoeller.
Germanotta, Dante J. was born on September 3, 1929 in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Angelo Germanotta and Madelyn Schoeller.
Bachelor, North Central University, 1951. Master of Sacred Theology, Evangelical Theological Seminary, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1968.
Minister, United Methodist Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1957-1960; minister education, United Church, Walpole, Massachusetts, 1960-1965; professor sociology, Claflin College, Orangeburg, South Carolina., 1965-1968; professor sociology, Defiance (Ohio) College, 1968-1973; professor sociology, Curry College, Milton, Massachusetts, 1973-1989, 90-93; acting dean, Curry College, Milton, Massachusetts, 1989-1990.
State education coordinator National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Orangeburg, 1965-1968. Advisor Black Student Union, Defiance, 1968-1972. Member Education Collaborator, Boston, 1975-1980.
Official observer United Nations Conference on Prisoners, Havana, 1990. Advisory board Farm Labor Organising Committee, Toledo, Ohio, 1969-1973, International Conference on Prison Abolition, 1983-1988. School committee Lincoln-Sudbury High School, Massachusetts, 1975-1981.
President Massachusetts Council Prison Education, Milton, 1984-1993. Member American Association of University Professors.
Married Betsy Erdman, June 14, 1952. Children: Beth, Paul, John, Mary.