| 词条 | Patricia Diaz Dennis |
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|name = Patricia Diaz Dennis |image = |imagesize = |caption = |office = Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor |president = George H. W. Bush |predecessor = Richard Schifter |successor = John Shattuck |term_start = August 24, 1992 |term_end = January 20, 1993 |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|10|2}} |birth_place = Santa Rita, New Mexico |education = University of California, Los Angeles, Loyola Law School |occupation = |party = |spouse = |children = |parents = |religion = }} 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. BiographyPatricia 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. References1. ^1 {{cite book |title=The Federal Communications Commission: front line in the culture and regulation wars |last=Zarkin |first=Kimberly |author2=Michael J. Zarkin |page=168 |year=2006 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-33416-0 }} 2. ^http://pittsburghurbanmedia.com/Patricia-Diaz-Dennis-and-Robert-J-Stevens-Elected-to-US-Steel-Board-of-Directors/ External links
before=Richard Schifter| title=Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs| after=John Shattuck| years=August 24, 1992 – January 20, 1993 }}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Dennis, Patricia Diaz}} 9 : 1946 births|United States Assistant Secretaries of State|Living people|New Mexico Republicans|Sullivan & Cromwell people|University of California, Los Angeles alumni|Loyola Law School alumni|Paul Hastings associates|People from Santa Rita, New Mexico |
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