List of University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras people
This list of University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras people includes alumni and faculty affiliated with UPRRP.
Notable alumni of University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
| Alumni | Notability |
|---|---|
| Juan Mari Brás | advocate for Puerto Rican independence from the United States; founded the Puerto Rican Socialist Party |
| Norma Burgos | (B.A., M.P.A.) State Senator, Puerto Rico Senate (2001–present)
|
Sila M. Calderón
|
(M.P.A.) 7th governor of Puerto Rico (2001–2005); Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico (1997–2001) |
| Rafael Hernández Colón | 4th Puerto Rico Senate (1969–1973)
|
| Julia de Burgos | (B.A. Education 1933) considered by many to be the greatest poet born in Puerto Rico and one of the greatest female poets of Latin America |
| José Andreu García | (B.A. Economics 1958, J.D. 1961) jurist; former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico |
| Hans Hertell | former United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic |
| Enrique Laguerre | writer, poet, teacher and critic |
| Luz Martinez-Miranda | Physicist and professor at the University of Maryland; first female president of the National Society of Hispanic Physicists[1] |
| Kenneth McClintock | Secretary of State of Puerto Rico, fulfilling the role of Lieutenant Governor (first-in-line of succession) in the U.S. territory |
| Edwin Irizarry Mora | economist, Puerto Rican Independence Party candidate for governor of Puerto Rico in the 2008. Professor, Department of Economics, UPRM |
| Jesús T. Piñero | first native Puerto Rican to be appointed governor of Puerto Rico by the Government of the United States |
| Nellys Pimentel | Miss Earth 2019 |
| Luisa R. Seijo Maldonado | (M.S.W. 1972) university professor, activist and social worker |
| Nydia Velázquez | (B.A. 1974) U.S. representative, D-New York (1993–present)[2] |
| Aníbal Acevedo Vilá | (B.A. 1982, J.D. 1985) 8th Puerto Rico House of Representatives (1992–1999)
|
Notable faculty
| Faculty | Notability |
|---|---|
| Luis López Álvarez | poet and writer; author of Los Comuneros |
Ruben Berrios
|
current president of the Puerto Rican Independence Party; former state senator; Law Professor at the University of Puerto Rico's Law School |
Juan Ramon Jimenez
|
Spanish poet and writer, received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956 |
| Luce López-Baralt | professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at the university |
| Fernando Picó | historian and Jesuit priest, leading expert on the history of Puerto Rico[4]
|
| Pedro Juan Soto | writer |
| Rexford Tugwell | served as the last appointed American governor of Governor of Puerto Rico, 1941-1946; former Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico |
References
- ^ "Luz Martinez-Miranda is a 2020 ADVANCE Honoree". mse.umd.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
- ^ Biographical information from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- ^ [1] Biographical information from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- Caribbean Business. Retrieved 2017-07-17.