List of Puerto Ricans - Educators

Educators

• Dr. Ursula Acosta Educator
  One of the founding members of the Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Genealogía (Puerto Rican Genealogical Society)
• Alfredo M. Aguayo Educator and writer
  Established the first laboratory of child psychology at the University of Havana
• Dr. Carlos Albizu Miranda Psychologist, educator
  First Hispanic Educator to have a North American University renamed in his honor and one of the first Hispanics to earn a PhD in Psychology in the United States.
• Dr. Margot Arce de Vázquez Educator
  Founder of the Department of Hispanic Studies in the University of Puerto Rico.
• Dr. Jaime Benítez Former Resident Commissioner
  Longest serving chancellor and president of the University of Puerto Rico
• Frank Bonilla Educator
  Academic who became a leading figure in Puerto Rican Studies.
• Dr. Carlos A. Chardón Educator
  Chardón was the only Puerto Rican to serve twice as Puerto Rico Secretary of Education
• Dr. Edna Coll Educator and author
  Coll was President of the Society of Puerto Rican Authors in San Juan. She was also the founder of the Academy of Fine Arts in Puerto Rico.
• Rafael Cordero Educator
  Declared Venerable in 2004 by Pope John Paul II; process for beatification is now in motion with Benedictine Fr. Oscar Rivera as Procurator of the Cause.
• Dr. Waded Cruzado first Hispanic president of Montana State University
• Eugenio María de Hostos Educator
  In Peru, Hostos helped to develop that country's educational system and spoke against the harsh treatment given to the Chinese who lived there. He stayed in Chile from 1870 to 1873. During his stay there, he taught at the University of Chile and gave a speech titled "The Scientific Education of Women." He proposed in his speech that governments permit women in their colleges. Soon after, Chile allowed women to enter its college educational system. (see also Politicians and Authors)
• Angelo Falcón Political scientist
  Author of "Atlas of Stateside Puerto Ricans" (2004) and co-editor of the book, "Boricuas in Gotham: Puerto Ricans in the Making of Modern New York City" (2004).
• Dr. José Ferrer Canales Educator, writer and activist.
• Dr. Antonio García Padilla
  President, University of Puerto Rico, (2001–2009), former Dean of UPR Law School.
• Dr. Megh R. Goyal Professor/Historian/Scientist
  Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rican, Professor in Agricultural & Biomedical Engineering University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez
• Dr. Concha Meléndez Educator, writer poet.
• Ana G. Méndez Educator
  Founder of the Ana G. Mendez University System.
• Antonio Miró Montilla
  "Architect, educator. First architect appointed head of a government agency, the Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority, 1969 to1971. First dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, 1971 to 1978. Chancellor of the Río Piedras Campus of the University of Puerto Rico, 1978 to 1985."
• Dr. Antonia Pantoja Educator
  Founder of "ASPIRA" was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
• Dr. Ángel Ramos Educator
  Superintendent of the Sequoia Schools for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Ramos is one of the few deaf Hispanics to earn a doctorate from Gallaudet University
• Dr.Juan A. Rivero Educator
  Founded the Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo in Mayagüez, has discovered numerous animal species and has written several books.
• Ana Roque Educator and suffragist
  Roque was one of the founders of the University of Puerto Rico.
• Dr. Carlos E. Santiago
  Economist and Educator. Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
• Ninfa Segarra
  President of the New York City Board of Education 2000–2002.
• Lolita Tizol Educator
  Early 1900s Educator: at a time when most people in Ponce, as most of Puerto Rico, did not know how to read and write, and when teachers were paid only $50 per month, even in the large cities, Tizol took it upon herself to overcome all challenges to help others.
• Nilita Vientos Gaston Educator
  Vientos Gaston was the first female lawyer to work for the Department of Justice of Puerto Rico. She defended the use of the Spanish language in the courts of Puerto Rico, before the Supreme Court, and won
• Mariano Villaronga-Toro Educator and public servant
  Villaronga Toro was the first Commissioner of Public Instruction after the creation of the Estado Libre Asociado. He instituted the use of Spanish as the official language of instruction in the Puerto Rico public education system, displacing instruction in English which had been pushed by the US-appointed colonial governors.