Background
Dankese, Joseph Peter was born on April 26, 1928 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph and Diana (Mercurio) Dankese.
Dankese, Joseph Peter was born on April 26, 1928 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph and Diana (Mercurio) Dankese.
Graduate, Boston Latin School, 1946. Graduate, Chauncy Hall School, 1950. Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1954.
Postgraduate, Northeastern University, 1954—1960.
Product development engineer Microwave Associates, Boston, 1954—1955. Process design engineer Ionics, Inc., Cambridge, 1955—1957. Process development engineer Dewey & Almy Chemical Company, 1957—1959.
Research & development engineer Arthur D. Little, Inc., 1959—1961. Heat & mass transfer engineer General Electric Company, West Lynn, Massachusetts, 1961—1964. Senior project engineer United States Army Research and Development Laboratories, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1964—1965.
Area manager Amicon Corporation, Cambridge, 1965—1966. Chairman board Dankese Engineering, Inc., from 1966. With United States Navy, 1946-1948.
Married Sheila Mary Heffernan, November 10, 1956. Children: Mary E., Patricia A., Joseph Peter, Michael T., Teresa M., Catherine D., Julia B., William J.