Patricia Diaz Dennis

Patricia Diaz Dennis
Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
In office
August 24, 1992  January 20, 1993
President George H. W. Bush
Preceded by Richard Schifter
Succeeded by John Shattuck
Personal details
Born (1946-10-02) October 2, 1946
Santa Rita, New Mexico
Education University of California, Los Angeles,
Loyola Law School

Patricia Diaz Dennis (born October 2, 1946) is a United States lawyer who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs 1992-93.

Biography

Patricia Diaz Dennis was born in Santa Rita, New Mexico on October 2, 1946, the daughter of Porfirio Madrid Diaz and Mary Romero. She attended the University of California, Los Angeles, graduating with an A.B. in 1970. She then attended Loyola Law School and received a J.D. in 1973.

After law school, she joined Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker as an associate attorney. She practiced there until 1976, when she took an in-house job in the law department of the Pacific Lighting Company. In 1978, she joined the labor law department of the American Broadcasting Company.

In 1983, President of the United States Ronald Reagan appointed Dennis to the National Labor Relations Board. She served there until 1986, when Reagan named her as a commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission.[1]

She returned to the private practice of law in 1991, joining Jones Day as a partner. In 1993, she joined Sprint as a vice president.

In 1992, President George H. W. Bush nominated Dennis to be Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs[1] and, after Senate confirmation, Dennis held this position from August 24, 1992 until January 20, 1993.

Upon leaving the United States Department of State, Dennis joined Sullivan & Cromwell as special counsel for telecommunications matters. She joined SBC Communications as a vice president in 1995, and worked there until 2005. In 2015, she was elected to the board of US Steel Corporation.[2]

Long active in the Girl Scouts of the USA, in 2005, Dennis was elected as that organization's chairperson.

References

  1. 1 2 Zarkin, Kimberly; Michael J. Zarkin (2006). The Federal Communications Commission: front line in the culture and regulation wars. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-313-33416-0.
  2. http://pittsburghurbanmedia.com/Patricia-Diaz-Dennis-and-Robert-J-Stevens-Elected-to-US-Steel-Board-of-Directors/
Government offices
Preceded by
Richard Schifter
Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs
August 24, 1992 January 20, 1993
Succeeded by
John Shattuck
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