NEW YORK: Keith Cylar, 45; Found Homes for AIDS Patients

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NEW YORK: Keith Cylar, 45; Found Homes for AIDS Patients

New York Times (04.08.04) - Thursday, April 08, 2004
Wolfgang Saxon

Keith Cylar, the co-founder, co-president and COO of Housing Works, was found dead Monday in his New York City apartment. The immediate cause of death was cardioarrhythmia, according to Housing Works. He was 45. Born in Norfolk, Va., Cylar was a psychology graduate of Boston University and obtained his master's degree in social work at Columbia in 1988, by which time he had lived with HIV for several years. He joined the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) in 1987 and helped found its housing committee. In 1990, Cylar co-founded Housing Works, which offers social services, mental care and referrals to 2,000 clients, and has by its own count found shelter for 15,000 people. More recently, Cylar and Housing Works became involved in RAND Corporation research on the cost- effectiveness of HIV services. He was an investigator with the Beth Israel Medical Center on how to provide minority patients better access to AIDS clinical trials.
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