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
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Notability
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Juan Mari Brás
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advocate for Puerto Rican independence from the United States; founded the Puerto Rican Socialist Party
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Norma Burgos
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(B.A., M.P.A.) State Senator, Puerto Rico Senate (2001–present)
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Sila M. Calderón
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(M.P.A.) 7th governor of Puerto Rico (2001–2005); Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico (1997–2001)
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Rafael Hernández Colón
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4th Governor of Puerto Rico, first term 1973–1977, second term 1985–1993; State Senator, Puerto Rico Senate (1969–1973)
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Julia de Burgos
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(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
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José Andreu García
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(B.A. Economics 1958, J.D. 1961) jurist; former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
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Hans Hertell
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former United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
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Enrique Laguerre
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writer, poet, teacher and critic
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Luz Martinez-Miranda
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Physicist and professor at the University of Maryland; first female president of the National Society of Hispanic Physicists[1]
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Kenneth McClintock
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Secretary of State of Puerto Rico, fulfilling the role of Lieutenant Governor (first-in-line of succession) in the U.S. territory
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Edwin Irizarry Mora
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economist, Puerto Rican Independence Party candidate for governor of Puerto Rico in the 2008. Professor, Department of Economics, UPRM
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Jesús T. Piñero
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first native Puerto Rican to be appointed governor of Puerto Rico by the Government of the United States
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Nellys Pimentel
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Miss Earth 2019
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Luisa R. Seijo Maldonado
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(M.S.W. 1972) university professor, activist and social worker
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Nydia Velázquez
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(B.A. 1974) U.S. representative, D-New York (1993–present)[2]
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Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
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(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)
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Notable faculty
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