Background
Dennis Lawrence deLeon was born on 16 July 1948 in Los Angeles, California.
Dennis Lawrence deLeon was born on 16 July 1948 in Los Angeles, California.
He was graduated Bachelor of Arts by Occidental College in 1970 and had been student body president He was graduated Juris Doctor by Stanford University in 1974 after his studies at Stanford Law School.
He served as New York City human rights commissioner and later became president of the Latino Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
He had served on the Stanford Law Review. He moved to Washington, Doctorate. C. when recruited as a trial attorney for the United States Department of Justice. He moved back to California to become regional counsel to California Rural Legal Assistance.
New York City
In 1982, New York City Mayor, Editor Koch appointed deLeon senior assistant corporation counsel on the recommendation of Frederick A. O. Schwarz Junior., New York City’s corporation counsel
In 1986, David Dinkins, the Manhattan borough president, named deLeon as his deputy borough president When Dinkins became mayor in 1990, he appointed deLeon the city"s human rights commissioner.
New York Times Op-Editor
In 1993, deLeon became one of the first New York city officials to disclose publicly his Human Immunodeficiency Virus status when he wrote My Hopes, My Fears, My Disease published in the New York Times. President, Latino Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
After briefly returning to private practice, deLeon was selected as president of the Latino Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in September 1994 and remained in that post until a few months before his death.
Under his leadership, the organization grew from a staff of two into a national organization with a staff of 45, annual budget of $5 million and working in partnership with 380 other organizations around the United States including its territories.
During his time, the Latino Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome brought into being a national Spanish-language clearinghouse for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome information, worked with Spanish-speaking churches to build a network of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome prevention programs. lieutenant also provided structures for the mobilization of gay Latinos, immigrants, women and inmates living with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. In 2003, it sponsored the first National Latino Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Awareness Day. He was diagnosed with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in 1986.
On 14 December 2009 Dennis deLeon died in Manhattan.