Dancoff was raised in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh and received his B.S. in physics in 1934 from Carnegie Tech, followed by a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1936.
Dancoff was raised in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Dancoff received his B.S. in physics in 1934 from Carnegie Tech. Carnegie Tech was followed by a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1936.