Awards NEN Hall of Fame 2011 Name Leroy Looper | Alma mater Antioch University | |
Occupation Activist, Community organizer, Entrepreneur Known for Co-founding the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, the Cadillac Hotel, Reality House West, and YouthBuild USA. Died September 11, 2011, San Francisco, California, United States | ||
Leroy Looper (November 24, 1924 – September 11, 2011) was a community organizer and founder of several low-income housing facilities, programs for addiction recovery, and education initiatives in San Francisco. He was known by locals as "the father of the Tenderloin".
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