David Dacquisto - Obituary

avid John Dacquisto, 53, a resident of Davidsonville for 19 years, died of cancer April 26 at his home. Born Dec. 31, 1954 in Washington, D.C., he received a bachelor of arts degree with honors in economics from Harvard College in 1972, and a juris doctorate degree rom Harvard Law School in 1976. He was vice president of technology at the NAHB research center from 1984 to 2002. He was co-owner of New Port Partners LLC from 2002 to 2006. His hobbies included computer programming, automobile technologies, medical sciences, astronomy and weather and chess. Survivors include his wife, Frelenda Dacquisto; one son, John Dacquisto of Davidsonville; two daughters, Elizabeth Dacquisto of Davidsonville, and Nanci Miller of Newton Falls, Ohio; one brother, Michael Paul Dacquisto II of Redding, Calif. and Debra Dacquisto of Toledo, Ohio; He was the son of the late Dr. Michael Paul Dacquisto and Miriam Blake Dacquisto of Indianapolis, Ind. Relatives and friends are invited to a Life Celebration at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, followed by the funeral service at 11 a.m. at the George P. Kalas Funeral Home, 2973 Solomons Island Rd., Edgewater. Interment is at Lakemont Memorial Gardens in Davidsonville. In lieu of flowers , memorial contributions may be made to the Duke University-Tisch Brain Center, in care of: Duke University Medical Center/Tisch Brain Tumor Center, DUMC Box 3624, Durham, NC 27710.