Biography
A Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico. Born January 12, 1941, in Guayama, Puerto Rico. Attended parochial schools. B. A. , Notre Dame University, 1962. J. D. , University of Puerto Rico Law School, 1965. LL. M. , Columbia University Law School, 1966. Law and Humanities Fellow, Harvard University, 1973-1974. Professor of law, 1966-1979, and dean of law, 1974-1978, University of Puerto Rico. United States Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 1980-1981. President, Catholic University of Puerto Rico, 1981-1984. Elected as a Popular Democrat to the Ninety-Ninth Congress for a four-year term and reelected to the succeeding term until his resignation on March 4, 1992 (January 3, 1985-March 4, 1992). Caucused with the Democratic Party. Associate justice, Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. Died on December 3, 2007, in Guaynabo, P. R.