Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer

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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Cuprill and the second or maternal family name is Oppenheimer.

Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer (September 12, 1916 – October 7, 2011) was a Rotary District Governor for Puerto Rico and a retired Major general in the Puerto Rico National Guard. He earned his bachelor in political science from the University of Puerto Rico in 1940 and his Juris Doctor from the UPR school of law in 1947.^[1]

He served three terms as Dean of Pontifical Catholic University School of Law. He was one of the Founders of Ponce School of Medicine. a two time president of Phi Sigma Alpha^[2] and a "Hermano Emeritus" Medal holder^[3] of the Fraternity.

In 1950 he was one of the founders of the Gamma-Boriquen chapter of Fi Sigma Alpha fraternity.^[4] He was a co-founder, of the El Vigia Rotary Club and was appointed to Government Committees by all the elected Governors of the Commonwealth Puerto Rico. He was also Chairman of the PR Electoral Reform Commission. He was a member of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.

Legacy

The Charles R. Cuprill Oppenheimer Award is given to the Graduate Student with the Most Outstanding Grade in the Administrative Law Course. His son is attorney Charles A. Cuprill Hernandez who is also involved in horseracing an avocation passed on to him from his father.

References

↑ "Phi Sigma Alpha Presidents". pucpr.edu. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
↑ "Phi Sigma Alpha Presidents". fisigmaalfa.org. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
↑ "Phi Sigma Alpha Medals". fisigmaalfa.org. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
↑ "Gamma Boriquen website". fisigmaalfa.org. Retrieved 2008-08-17.

External links

Biography of Charles R. Cuprill

v t e Phi Sigma Alpha Presidents

Sigma Delta Alpha	Santos P. Amadeo, 1928 Juan Figueroa Rivera, 1929 Manuel Rodríguez Ramos, 1930 Charles Henry Juliá Barreras, 1931 Rafael Baragano, 1932 Carlos García Méndez, 1933

Phi Sigma Alpha Zone	Aurelio Torres Braschi, 1934 Ramón Gandia Bizcombe, 1935 Juan Figueroa Rivera, 1936 Juan Figueroa Rivera, 1937 Pedro E. Purcell Rodríguez, 1938

Sigma Fraternity	Pedro E. Purcell Rodríguez, 1939 Raúl Méndez Cardona, 1940 Raúl Méndez Cardona, 1941 Miguel Ángel Quiñónez,1942 Miguel Ángel Quiñónez, 1943 Herman Stubbe, 1944 Juan Francisco Martínez, 1945 Juan Figueroa Rivera, 1946 José Luís Purcell Rodríguez, 1947 Hugo David Storer Tavarez, 1948 Hugo David Storer Tavarez, 1949 Carlos Luis Yordan Zeppendfeldt, 1950 Hugo David Storer Tavarez, 1951 José Luís Pont Flores, 1952 Humberto Monserrate Anselmi , 1953 Humberto Monserrate Anselmi , 1954 Mario Rubén García Palmieri, 1955 Mario Rubén García Palmieri, 1956 Manuel García Fortuño, 1957 Herminio Brau del Toro, 1958 Herminio Brau del Toro, 1959 Humberto Monserrate Anselmi, 1960 Humberto Monserrate Anselmi, 1961 Ariel Mendez Cardona, 1962 Jose A. Antonmattei, 1962 Richard Casas Rahola, 1962 Hugo David Storer Tavarez, 1963 Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer, 1964

Phi Sigma Alpha Fraternity	Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer, 1965 Luis Carrillo Correa, 1966 Luis Carrillo Correa, 1967 Victor M. Díaz Bonnet, 1968 Américo Gonzalez Garcia, 1969 Américo Gonzalez Garcia, 1970 Carlos Rafael Jimenez Muñoz, 1971 Carlos Rafael Jimenez Muñoz, 1972 Pedro J. Córdova Pelegrina, 1973 Pedro J. Córdova Pelegrina, 1974 Carlos Felípe Vega Cortes, 1975 Carlos Felípe Vega Cortes, 1976 René Torregrosa Nolla, 1977 René Torregrosa Nolla, 1978 Antonio Edwin Zapata Labiosa, 1979 Servando Díaz, 1980 Servando Díaz, 1981 Jorge Amaury Rodríguez, 1982 Rafael Plá Arteaga, 1983 Juan Díaz Morales, 1984 Guillermo Silva Janer, 1985 Guillermo Silva Janer, 1986 Nelson Biaggi García, 1987 Américo González García, 1988 Ricardo Cruz Lebrón, 1989 Ricardo Cruz Lebrón, 1990 Fernando Castro Urrutia, 1991 Miguel A. De Jesus Garcia, 1992 Miguel A. De Jesus Garcia, 1993 Rafael Annexy Rexach, 1994 Rafael Annexy Rexach, 1995 Luis Bartolomé Rivera Cuebas, 1996 Luis Bartolomé Rivera Cuebas, 1997 Felix J. Rodriguez Arroyo, 1998 Felix J. Rodriguez Arroyo, 1999 Sergio Dominguez Wolff, 2000 Sergio Dominguez Wolff, 2001 Oscar Larry Hernandez, 2002 Jose R. Abrams Chaves, 2003 Rafael Annexy Rexach, 2004 Giordano R. San Antonio Tort, 2005 Giordano R. San Antonio Tort, 2006 Miguel De Jesús Olivieri, 2007 Miguel De Jesús Olivieri, 2008

Persondata
Name	Cuprill Oppenheimer, Charles
Alternative names
Short description	Puerto Rican-American Major General; academic
Date of birth	September 12, 1916
Place of birth	Ponce, Puerto Rico
Date of death	October 7, 2011
Place of death	Ponce, Puerto Rico, U.S.

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