José M. Saldaña

José Manuel Saldaña is a Puerto Rican academic who served as president of the University of Puerto Rico during the 1980s.[1]

Biography

Saldaña graduated from University High School, before obtaining his bachelor, masters and Doctor of Dental Medicine degree at the University of Puerto Rico School of Dental Medicine. He is a member of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity. Saldaña served as a professor, department director, faculty dean and chancellor at the Medical Sciences Campus and later president of the same institution.[1]

As vice president of Igualdad, Futuro Seguro, a pro-statehood organization created by Hernán Padilla in 2011, Saldaña testified on the organization's behalf before the United Nations Decolonization Committee in 2013.

Saldaña is a frequent op-ed contributor at El Vocero.

See also

References
  1. "Comité Especial del Senado Académico para celebrar Vistas Públicas sobre la Cédula y las Normas para el Uso y Alquiler del Teatro de la UPR 2006-2007" (PDF). University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. September 28, 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
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