Daniel R. Mackesey was born July 14, 1954, in

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, and attended

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, where he was a member of the

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society and graduated ''

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'' in 1977. While at Cornell, Mackesey played on the lacrosse team with distinction. He was an integral member of Cornell's national championship teams in 1976 and 1977. He was a first team

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both of those seasons as well as winning All-Ivy honors. Cornell won the Ivy League championship in each of Mackesey's three seasons on the varsity roster. Awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship in 1978, Mackesey was the recipient of the

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as the nation's outstanding

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and a recipient of the NCAA Top Five Award in 1978. After Cornell, Mackesey played for the 1978 U.S. National Team, helping the team to a

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in the World Games. Mackesey has been inducted into the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame, and is a member of the class of 2006 inductees into the

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. Mackesey graduated from the

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. He was a partner at

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for nearly 20 years.Martindale Hubbell entry for Daniel R. Mackesey
. Mackesey is currently vice chairman at National Corporate Housing.

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National Lacrosse Hall of Fame entry
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