EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Eleven campuses in various cities throughout the island.

Location:
Puerto Rico

Founding Date:
1903

Official Website:
http://www.upr.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá	Politician	13-Feb-1962		Governor of Puerto Rico, 2005-09
Sila Calderón	Politician	23-Sep-1942		Governor of Puerto Rico
Ida L. Castro	Government	1953		Chairman of the EEOC, 1998-2001
Henry Darrow	Actor	15-Sep-1933		The High Chaparral
Jaime Escalante	Educator	31-Dec-1930	30-Mar-2010	Celebrated high school calculus teacher
Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon	Diplomat	4-Sep-1942		US Ambassador to Chile, 1994-98
Hans H. Hertell	Diplomat	?		US Ambassador to Dominican Republic
Raul Julia	Actor	9-Mar-1940	24-Oct-1994	Street Fighter, Addams Family
Amaury Nolasco	Actor	24-Dec-1970		Fernando Sucre on Prison Break
Antonia C. Novello	Doctor	23-Aug-1944		US Surgeon General, 1990-93
Sally Jessy Raphael	Talk Show Host	25-Feb-1935		Controversialist talk show host
Roselyn Sanchez	Actor	2-Apr-1973		First hispanic in a US soap
Juan R. Torruella	Judge	7-Jun-1933		1st Circuit Court of Appeals
Nydia Velázquez	Politician	28-Mar-1953		Congresswoman, New York 12th

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James M. Blaut	Historian	20-Oct-1927	11-Nov-2000	The Colonizer's Model of the World
Luis Palés Matos	Poet	20-Mar-1898	23-Feb-1959	Tuntún de pasa y griferia
Nydia Velázquez	Politician	28-Mar-1953		Congresswoman, New York 12th

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hans H. Hertell	Diplomat	?		US Ambassador to Dominican Republic

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