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Teacher Politicians in Puerto Rico
school teachers, principals, superintendents

José Miguel Gallardo (1897-1976) — of Puerto Rico; Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Ind. Born in San Germán, San Germán Municipio, Puerto Rico, September 29, 1897. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school teacher; college professor; Puerto Rico comissioner of education, 1937-45; Governor of Puerto Rico, 1940-41, 1941. Presbyterian. Member, American Association of University Professors; Reserve Officers Association; Kappa Delta Pi; Tau Kappa Alpha; Freemasons; Rotary. Died in San Juan, San Juan Municipio, Puerto Rico, July 18, 1976 (age 78 years, 293 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of José Gallardo and Luisa (Garcia) Gallardo; married, June 23, 1926, to Ida Evans Magee.   Juan Francisco Luis (1940-2011) — Born in Vieques, Vieques Municipio, Puerto Rico, June 9, 1940. School teacher; Lieutenant Governor of Virgin Islands, 1975-78; Governor of U.S. Virgin Islands, 1978-86. Died in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, June 4, 2011 (age 70 years, 360 days). Burial location unknown.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   Antonia Pantoja (1922-2002) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in San Juan, San Juan Municipio, Puerto Rico, September 13, 1922. Democrat. School teacher; welder; social worker; founder, in 1961, of ASPIRA, a non-profit organization which promotes education and community for Puerto Rican and other Latino youth; delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967; received the Medal of Freedom, 1996; inducted into the Hunter College Hall of Fame. Female. Puerto Rican ancestry. Lesbian. Died, of cancer, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 24, 2002 (age 79 years, 253 days). Burial location unknown.   See also Wikipedia article   Vargrave A. Richards (b. 1950) — of Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. Born in Santurce, San Juan Municipio, Puerto Rico, September 16, 1950. Democrat. School teacher; member of Virgin Islands legislature from St. Croix, 1995-2002; president of the Virgin Islands legislature, 1999-2000; Lieutenant Governor of Virgin Islands, 2003. African ancestry. Member, American Federation of Teachers. Still living as of 2003.

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