Frank Catallo, inventor, dies at 89
Photo credit: Handout | Frank Catallo, who died Jan. 16 at age 89, had scores of patents to his credit, according to his son-in-law, the sportscaster Al Trautwig.
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Notable Long Islanders who died in 2011
Whether it was the awning over his swimming pool or the machinery for his textile business, Frank Catallo of Old Westbury was constantly trying to make engineering improvements to the things around him.
From his early years in Brooklyn, building engines for model cars and planes, to his final days of work at his Port Washington manufacturing plant, Catallo was fascinated by how things worked...
