Manuel Rodríguez Ramos

Manuel Rodríguez Ramos (January 1, 1908 –) was a Puerto Rican writer and law professor.[1]

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Early life and education

He born on January 1, 1908 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. His father died when he was barely a year old. In 1930 he became the third president of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity.[2] In 1931 he and y Manuel García Cabrera with the help of the UPR Law School Dean Rafael Martínez álvarez founded the UPR Law Review.[3][4] Also as a student he was the director of Athenea the UPR graduating class Yearbook in 1930 and in 1932.[4] He obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Puerto Rico College of Law and later obtained his Master of Law from Tulane University Law School.[5]

Career

From 1932 to 1938 he worked as a private lawyer. Afterward he began working as part of the corp of lawyer of the Puerto Rico Secretary of Justice. From 1941 till 1943 he was Sub-secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico and in 1944 he was interim Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico.[5]

In the late 1940 he was appointed Dean of the University of Puerto Rico school of law, at that time it was called the College of Law. [6][7]

Being dean of the School of Law the "Clínica de Asistencia Jurídica" or the Legal clinic was founded.[7] Also during his tenure as Dean the nocturnal session began. He obtained form the University Administration, whose Chancellor was Jaime Benitez, the construction of a building for the School of Law, it was designed by Henry Klumb.[7] After retiring as Dean he continued teaching at the school and was one of two professors at the school to have the title of Decano Emérito.[7]

Selected writings

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ramos family crest and name history". http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/ramos-family-crest.htm. Retrieved August 20, 2010. 
  2. ^ "Phi Sigma Alpha Presidents". fisigmaalfa.org. http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/presidentes.htm. Retrieved August 20, 2010. 
  3. ^ "Revista Juridica" (in Spanish). http://ls-po.law.upr.edu/portal/page?_pageid=33,151199,33_151234&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL. Retrieved August 20, 2010. 
  4. ^ a b (in Spanish)Revista juridica de la universidad de puerto rico 51: 3. 1982. 
  5. ^ a b (in Spanish)Revista general de legislación y jurisprudencia (Puerto Rico: Editorial Reus,) 91. 1960. 
  6. ^ Aponte Toro, Roberto. On Law Schools and Leadership. Puerto Rico. pp. 2. http://www.ialsnet.org/meetings/role/papers/AponteToroRobertoP%28Puerto%20Rico%29.pdf. Retrieved August 20, 2010. 
  7. ^ a b c d Delgado Cintrón, Dr. Carmelo. "LA OBRA JURÍDICA DEL PROFESOR DAVID M. HELFELD (1948-2008)" (in Spanish). REVISTA DE LA ACADEMIA PUERTORRIQUEÑA DE JURISPRUDENCIA Y LEGISLACIÓN (Puerto Rico) VII: 2–25. http://www.academiajurisprudenciapr.org/pdf/Revista_Volumen_VII.pdf. Retrieved August 20, 2010.