Dan was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Upon graduating from high school, he joined the Navy as a Photographer. Upon leaving the Navy, his major work experience included being a Professional Industrial Photographer for Eastman Kodak, working on the Voyager mission during the Jupiter flyby for the Jet Propulsion Lab, and setting up and supervising a photographic color lab and the photographers for Lockheed Martin.
Dan became a Christian at the age of 27 and eventually found Grace Community Church, pastured by John MacArthur. After getting married, Dan became a leader in the evangelism ministry at Grace Community Church. He oversaw the evangelism ministry in Glendale, Pasadena, Montrose, Burbank, and LaCrescenta, California.
Dan was transferred to Atlanta Georgia by Lockheed Martin, where he and his wife introduced and continued the evangelism training ministry for several churches in the area. Dan and Nancy spent 33 years training people how to share the gospel including some pastors and missionaries.
Dan, Nancy, their daughter Amy, and son-in-law Wesley reside in Georgia at the current time.
Dan is retired and enjoys turning his photographs into digital paintings, using Photoshop, with digital paint brushes. Aside from photography, his passions were baseball and dancing.