Daniel T. ScannellDaniel Thomas Scannell Jr. was a policeman, attorney, and business executive who held numerous positions in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York State over a 45-year tenure.Early lifeScannell was born in the Bronx, New York to Daniel T. and Eleanor Scannell. He attended Fordham University, earning an undergraduate degree in accounting in 1935, and earned a law degree from Fordham University School of Law in 1940.