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Daniel J. D'Addario, LI aerospace industry pioneer, dies

Daniel J. D'Addario, who founded a Farmingdale company

Photo credit: Handout | Daniel J. D'Addario, who founded a Farmingdale company that built parts for the aerospace industry, died earlier this month from complications arising from a stroke and Parkinson's disease, his family said. He was 89.

Daniel J. D'Addario, who founded a Farmingdale company that built parts for the aerospace industry, died earlier this month of complications arising from a stroke and Parkinson's disease, his family said. He was 89.

D'Addario, the son of Italian immigrants, grew up in Astoria, Queens, and went on to fight in World War II. He started General Mechatronics Corp., a manufacturing business that...

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