Herminio Brau del Toro

Herminio M. Brau del Toro, born in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico on August 27, 1922. He was a Lawyer, Engineer, Professor, writer and industrialist. ^[1]

Early life and education

He was born on August 27, 1922 to Hemenio Brau Delgado and Cándida Rosa del Toro Montalvo. He graduated from the College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts in Mayagüez with a degree in engineering in 1944. There he joined the Beta-Activo chapter of Phi Sigma Alpha Fraternity, he was chapter president from 1943-1944.^[2] He obtained a masters degree from the University of New York in 1949 and his doctorate from the University of Louisiana in 1956. Afterwards he studied law and earned his Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Puerto Rico in 1964.^[1]

Career and later life

He wrote many works, legal and scientific articles. During his life he presided many institutions such as, the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association, the Association of Rum Producers, Phi Sigma Alpha Fraternity, and the "Club Caborrojeño del Area Metropolitana" this last one he was a founder and honorary president.^[1] He was a member and council for a number of boards and commissions in the private and public sector. He belonged to the Bar Association of Puerto Rico, the Colegio de Ingenieros y Agrimensores de Puerto Rico, and was admitted to the Federal District Court of Puerto Rico and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.^[1] He was president of Puerto Rico Distillers Inc.^[3] He died in 1998.

The "Club Caborrojeño del Area Metropolitana" offers the Herminio Brau del Toro Scholarship for engineering or natural science students of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.^[4]

Selected writings

La anotación preventiva de créditos refaccionarios : cambios introducidos a esta figura jurídica por la ley hipotecaria de 1979 (Revista jurídica de la Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, vol. 15, núm. 2; ene.-abr. 1981: p 269-300. bibl. 1981)
Apuntes para un Curso sobre el Estado del Derecho Inmobiliario Registral Puertorriqueño bajo la Ley Hipotecaria de 1893 ()
Los daños y perjuicios extracontractuales en Puerto Rico(, (1986)

References

1 2 3 4 Aurelio, Martínez (2004). Cabo Rojo: historia y personalidad de un pueblo (in Spanish). Indiana University: Ediciones Chriscela. p. 189. ISBN 1596080396.
↑ Presidentes (in Spanish), Beta-Activo, Fi Sigma Alfa, 2010, retrieved July 17, 2013
↑ José Víctor, Oliver, Historia licorera de Arecibo, retrieved July 17, 2013
↑ Becas de Fuentes Privadas (PDF) (in Spanish), Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Financial Aid Office, 2011, retrieved 2014-01-07

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 John Stewart Sotomayor,2009 John Stewart Sotomayor,2010 Luis R, Estades Maldonado, 2011 Ricardo Negron Yunque, 2012

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