I just want to tell Dan's family how sorry I am to hear of his passing, Also add how sorry I am to have missed his memorial service due to circumstances beyond my control.
I worked with Dan for many years. First at the Bulletin as a copyboy and later as a reporter for Channel 3 News. As a journalist Dan was brilliant and hard working. As a press secretary he was helpful, courteous and kind.
When my daughter was a freshman at Catholic University and looking for an internship I asked Dan if there were any openings in Senator Spector's office. He helped her get her first job in politics and now more than twenty years later she is a major fundraiser for the Republican Governors' Association and has had a remarkable career thanks to Dan's efforts in getting her started.
I don't have to tell his family what a gentleman he was and what a good example he set for everyone he met.
The world will miss a proud son of Philadelphia and I will miss a man I respected for more than 40 years. God Bless Dan McKenna and his family.
Sincerely,
Robin Mackintosh
