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 [ edit ]
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Alumni
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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 Governor of Puerto Rico , first term 1973–1977, second term 1985–1993; State Senator, 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 governor of Puerto Rico (2005–2009); U.S. representative (Resident Commissioner), D-Puerto Rico (2001–2004);[3] State Representative, Puerto Rico House of Representatives (1992–1999)
Notable faculty [ edit ]
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