Dude Angius, educator who raised awareness of AIDS, dead at 88
Dude Angius, educator who raised awareness of AIDS, dead at 88
Dushan “Dude” Angius was a man who believed that the world is best served by truth, and when he told conservative members of his Bay Area Rotary Club that his son had died of AIDS, he helped to change awareness of the disease.
Mr. Angius had a 30-year career as a teacher, coach and administrator in California schools, but he is best remembered for what at the time was a shocking revelation.
Mr. Angius was president of the Los Altos Rotary Club, and at one of the club’s regular meetings in 1989 he announced that his son, Steve, had died of AIDS.
Mr. Angius hoped to draw attention to the seriousness of the epidemic and he wanted the well-connected business people in Rotary to do something about AIDS.
When two other Los Altos Rotarians announced they were HIV-positive, the organization founded the Los Altos Rotary AIDS Project.
“It helped change the world’s perception of AIDS and raised awareness of the disease,” Mike Angius said.