Luis A. Ferré
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Don Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo, most commonly known as Luis A. Ferré, was a Puerto Rican engineer, industrialist, politician, philanthropist, and patron of the arts who served as the third democratical
Ferré in 1969
Ferre speaking at a Phi Sigma Alpha event in the 1970s
Hand-etched portrait over black granite by artist Osvaldo Torres at Cruzacalles, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
Sculpture of Ferré inside the Capitol of Puerto Rico
Rafael Hernández Colón
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Rafael Hernández Colón was a Puerto Rican politician who served as the fourth and sixth democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico from 1973 to 1977 and 1985 to 1993. He previously served as the s
Luis A. Ferré
…Rico's Environmental Quality Board in 1970, charged with protecting the islands' environment. In the elections of 1972 he sought reelection but lost to Rafael Hernández Colón of the PPD. The PPD had claimed that many corruption scandals had been overlooked by the Ferré administration. A bloody student strike at the University…
Hernández Colón in 1973
dignitaries at the 1974 dedication of Roberto Clemente Park in Miami, Florida; from left to right: unidentified man, Hernandez, Reubin Askew (governor of Florida), Maurice Ferré (mayor of Miami), Claude Pepper (U.S. Congressman), Mildred Pepper
1985 portrait photograph
Flags at half-mast in the Vega Alta square after Hernández death on May 2, 2019