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NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – Daniel A. Samela, Ph. D., a former longtime resident of New Rochelle, died Aug. 25. He was 77. 

Samela was born July 6, 1935, in New Rochelle to Daniel A. Sr. and Marion LePore Samela. He worked for Envior Voraxial Technology in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. A civil and mechanical engineer, Samela worked on the Lunar Excursion Module project at NASA ...