Pasqual A. Donvito Obituary
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Personal Pat Donvito Nick Ruggieri art Professional Resume Recent projects Education Teaching Course descriptions Systems engineering	Economist Pasqual “Pat” Anthony DonVito, 75, an economist with the U.S. Department of Labor, the Rand Corporation, the Urban Institute, The National Bureau of Standards, and, for nearly twenty years, an independent economic consultant, died May 21at Sibley Memorial Hospital. He had pancreatic cancer. A resident of Washington D.C. since 1946, Mr. DonVito was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy as a radio operator in Puerto Rico. The son of Italian immigrants, in 1949 he became the first member of his family to receive a college degree, when he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from George Washington University. During his career, which spanned more than thirty years, he made significant contributions in cost-benefit analysis, economic analysis and planning, as well as program budgeting and evaluation. In 1975, he was recognized by the White House for his work with the National Drug Abuse Prevention Program. Also, for nearly twenty years, Mr. DonVito owned and operated a 165 acre farm near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he grew corn, wheat and hay. More recently, Mr. DonVito was an active member of the National Economists Club and in 1995 served as its President. He was a member of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Chevy Chase, D.C., where he taught religious education. He also worked as a volunteer at the Sacred Heart Education Center in Adams Morgan teaching English as a second language to recent immigrants. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Mary Louise; two sons, Marc Bernard of Andover, Mass. and Paul Anthony of Washington; a daughter Carrie Louise DeLone, of Camp Hill, Pa.; a brother Carl Bernard, of Rockville, Md.; and four grandchildren.

Pasqual A. Donvito

Obituary

Economist

Pasqual “Pat” Anthony DonVito, 75, an economist with the U.S. Department of Labor, the Rand Corporation, the Urban Institute, The National Bureau of Standards, and, for nearly twenty years, an independent economic consultant, died May 21at Sibley Memorial Hospital. He had pancreatic cancer.

A resident of Washington D.C. since 1946, Mr. DonVito was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy as a radio operator in Puerto Rico. The son of Italian immigrants, in 1949 he became the first member of his family to receive a college degree, when he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from George Washington University. During his career, which spanned more than thirty years, he made significant contributions in cost-benefit analysis, economic analysis and planning, as well as program budgeting and evaluation. In 1975, he was recognized by the White House for his work with the National Drug Abuse Prevention Program. Also, for nearly twenty years, Mr. DonVito owned and operated a 165 acre farm near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he grew corn, wheat and hay.

More recently, Mr. DonVito was an active member of the National Economists Club and in 1995 served as its President. He was a member of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Chevy Chase, D.C., where he taught religious education. He also worked as a volunteer at the Sacred Heart Education Center in Adams Morgan teaching English as a second language to recent immigrants.

He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Mary Louise; two sons, Marc Bernard of Andover, Mass. and Paul Anthony of Washington; a daughter Carrie Louise DeLone, of Camp Hill, Pa.; a brother Carl Bernard, of Rockville, Md.; and four grandchildren.

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