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The New York Times - October 1, 1986
Mr. Lopez developed a training program for Gay Men's Health Crisis volunteers that has been used as the model for AIDS service agencies in other cities. He was also a member of the advisory board of the New York State AIDS Institute.
Born in the Bronx, Mr. Lopez was a graduate of Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa, and the Hunter College School of Social Work. He earned a master's degree in personnel administration at New York University.
He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, in which he served as a corporal in the Marine Corps from 1966 to 1968.
He is survived by his mother, Anna, of the Bronx; three sisters, Margarita Lopez of Brooklyn, and Linda Lopez and Gloria Maldonado, both of Staten Island, and a brother, Manuel, of the Bronx.
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