Background
Leonard, Joseph Howard was born on October 20, 1952 in Cambridge, Maryland, United States. Son of Joseph Francis and Catherine Leonard.
Association organization executive
Leonard, Joseph Howard was born on October 20, 1952 in Cambridge, Maryland, United States. Son of Joseph Francis and Catherine Leonard.
Bachelor in Psychology, Salisbury State University, 1976. Master of Arts in Rehabilitation Counseling, Gallaudet University, 1979. Postgraduate, Washington College, 1984.
Postgraduate, Wasington College, 1988. Postgraduate, University Maryland, 1986—1987. Postgraduate, San Diego State University, 1996.
Postgraduate, Johns Hopkins University, 1998.
Staff electrician, John W. Tieder, Inc., Cambridge, Maryland., summers 1973-1974;
production supervisor, W.H. Leonard & Sons, Inc., Seward, Maryland., summers 1968-1970, 75;
instructor, program coordinator, Dorchester Development Unit, Inc., Cambridge, 1976-1977;
rehabilitation counselor, Texas Rehabilitation Commission, Austin, 1979;
instructor American Sign Language, developmental disabilities, Chesapeake College, Wye Mills, Maryland., since 1979;
case manager, coordinator special programs, Dorchester County Health Department, Cambridge, 1979-1990;
independent interpreter American Sign Language, Maryland., since 1979;
executive director, Deaf Indiana Living Association, Inc., Salisbury, Maryland., since 1990;
Adjunct.faculty, interpreter training program, Catonsville (Maryland.) Community College, since 1995. Vice president board directors Deaf Indiana Living Association, Inc., Maryland., 1984-1990. Trustee Maryland. School for the Deaf, since 1985, president, since 1996.
Member of advisory board Development Disabilities program Chesapeake College, 1986-1990. Member Governor's Commision on the Hearing Impaired, Maryland., 1984-1990. Surveyor Applied Research and Evaluation University, University Maryland., 1988-1989.
Board directors Maryland. Association Cmty. Superior vena cava syndrome. Member mental health advising committee for deaf and hearing impaired, Maryland., since 1990.
Assistant scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, Cambridge, 1973-1978. Vice president board directors Dorchester County Family Young Women’s Christian Association, 1985. President board directors Dorchester Association for Development Disabled, 1979-1988.
Board directors Eastern Shore Center Indiana Living, 1998-2005, vice president, 2003-2004, Maryland Association of Deaf, 1982-1986. Board directors Maryland Association of Community Services, 1992-1902. President Trappe Little League Baseball and Softball Association, 2000-2002.
. With United States Navy, 1970-1973, with United States Coast Guard Reserve, 1975-1986. Member American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association, Maryland Rehabilitation Association, National Association Deaf, Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (board directors Potomac chapter 1996-2000), Chi Sigma Iota, Psi Chi, Rho Sigma Chi.
Married Jacquelyn Lee McCall, June 7, 1975 (divorced December 1981). Married Margaret Ann Shenton, June 26, 1982 (divorced December 2004). Children: Stephanie Kristina, Jacquelyn Margaret.