Background
Layo, Leonard Joseph De was born on February 14, 1921 in New York City. Son of Anthony and Mary (Antonucci) Delete.
Layo, Leonard Joseph De was born on February 14, 1921 in New York City. Son of Anthony and Mary (Antonucci) Delete.
Bachelor of Science, University New Mexico, 1949; Master of Arts, Teachers College, Columbia, 1949.
Teacher public schools, Albuquerque, 1949-1950;
principal, Sandia Base Schools, Albuquerque, 1950-1958;
executive secretary, Teachers Association, Baltimore County, Maryland., 1959-1963;
superintendent of public instruction, State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, 1963-1985. Chairman governments Committee to Investigate Eastern State Hospital for Mental Defectives, 1956. Governments Commission Mental Health, 1964.
Board of managers New Mexico Congress Parents and Teachers, 1952-1958. Member of Governor's committees television, since 1963, State Commission Children and Youth, since 1967, Vocational Rehabilitation, since 1964, Advisory Council Special Education, 1975-1976. Member National Panel Cons.
Pupil Personnel Services,1969. Chairman Big Six Committee on Education, 1973. Member National Advisory Committee on Guidance and Counseling, Rocky Mountain States Satellite Project.
Member Commission Education National Parent-Teachers Association, 1975. Board regents American Technological University. Trustee St. Vincent Hospital, Santa Fe, 1975-1978.
Served with United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1943-1946. Member Council Chief State School Officers (director since 1971, president 1972-1973), National Education Association, New Mexico, University New Mexico education associations, Albuquerque Public Schools Education Association (past president), Phi Delta Kappa (past president U.N.Mex.), Kappa Delta Pi. Lodges: Rotary (president 1974-1975), Optimists (past vice president), (Albuquerque).
Married Helen Griffith, April 25, 1946. Children— Leonard Joseph, Donna Marie, Dianne.