Happy Birthday to Dr. Antonia Coello Novello, pediatrician and US Surgeon General, born on August 23, 1944 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Novello is the first woman, first Latina, and first Puerto Rican appointed as US Surgeon General. At her swearing in ceremony at the White House, Novello quipped, “The American dream is alive and well… Continue reading Happy Birthday to Dr. Antonia Coello Novello 1944
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Happy Birthday to Richard Rodriguez 1944
Happy Birthday to Richard Rodriguez (1944-2023), the controversial and compelling author and chronicler of the Latino and gay experiences in America. Rodriguez was born in Sacramento, California on July 31, 1944, to Mexican American parents. He earned a BA from Stanford University, an MA from Columbia University, was a PhD candidate in English Renaissance literature… Continue reading Happy Birthday to Richard Rodriguez 1944
Pedro Rosselló, Governor of Puerto Rico
Happy Birthday to Pedro Rosselló, a former Governor of Puerto Rico, born on April 5, 1944. Rosselló has enthusiastically and (so far) unsuccessfully campaigned for Puerto Rican statehood. Puerto Rico is currently a territory of the US, taken from the Spanish in the 1898 Spanish American War. Rosselló was a pediatrician by training, graduating from… Continue reading Pedro Rosselló, Governor of Puerto Rico
Rigoberto “Tito” Fuentes Peat
On January 4, 1944, Rigoberto “Tito” Fuentes Peat was born in Havana, Cuba. Fuentes played second base in the Major League for 13 seasons between 1965 and 1978. Most of Fuentes career was with the San Francisco Giants. In 1981, Fuentes returned to work with the Giants as a radio announcer, launching the team’s first… Continue reading Rigoberto “Tito” Fuentes Peat