OBITUARIES

Thomas B. Stoddard

New York-Former director of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Thomas B. Stoddard has died of AIDS. Stoddard died on February 12 at the age of 48.

He served at Lambda from 1986 to 1992 and fought for civil rights on such issues as AIDS-related discrimination and the military's ban on gays and lesbians. Stoddard was also a longtime proponent of civil marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples.

While at Lambda, Stoddard helped to grow the lesbian and gay legal organization from a staff of 6 to 22. He began the group's addition of regional offices by opening Lambda's Western Regional in Los Angeles.

Representatives of Lambda reacted to Stoddard's death, “To lesbians, gay men, people with HIV and AIDS, and Lambda

particular, Tom was not just a part of our civil rights struggle, he was an irreplaceable leader and friend.” ·

Born in Seattle, Stoddard was raised just outside of Chicago in Glenview, III. He earned his degrees from Georgetown University and the New York University School of Law. The Tom Stoddard Fellowship was established at NYU in 1996

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for law students to work on lesbian and gay civil rights with public interest groups.

Stoddard served as legislative director for the New York Civil Liberties Union and also co-authored New York City's lesbian and gay civil rights law.

The AIDS Action Council awarded Stoddard with its National Leadership award in 1996.

"That award and all the accolades in the world, however, can never fully express our gratitude for what Tom Stoddard through his hard work and perseverance achieved on behalf of our communities,” said AIDS Action director Daniel Zingale.

Stoddard is survived by his spouse Walter Rieman, with whom he exchanged vows in 1993. He is also survived by his mother Meta, his brother John, and his sister Linda.

In the words of the Lambda officials, "The force of Tom's eloquence and intellect, and his determination to continue the fight for justice even in the face of his own illness with AIDS, inspires Lambda and many others for the future." ✓

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