| José Miguel Gallardo | |
| Office: | Acting Governor of Puerto Rico |
| Term Start: | July 24, 1941 |
| Term End: | September 19, 1941 |
| Predecessor: | Guy J. Swope (acting) |
| Successor: | Rexford Tugwell |
| Term Start1: | November 28, 1940 |
| Term End1: | February 3, 1941 |
| Successor1: | Guy J. Swope (acting) |
| Birth Date: | 29 September 1897 |
| Birth Place: | San Germán, Puerto Rico |
| Death Place: | Río Piedras, Puerto Rico |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Education: | Park University (BA) Pennsylvania State University, University Park (MA) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (PhD) University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras (LLB) |
José Miguel Gallardo (September 29, 1897 – July 18, 1976) was a professor at the University of Puerto Rico and two-time acting governor of Puerto Rico. He and his wife, fellow professor Ida Gallardo, lived most of their adult lives in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.[1]
Graduated from with a Bachelors in Arts from Park College. Received his M.A. degree at Pennsylvania State University.
He is most remembered today as a strong proponent of bilingual education, and he was appointed as Commissioner of Education in 1937 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. His first task on taking the office was to increase the teaching of English in schools, in preference over Spanish. The intention was that while students would be taught in elementary school in Spanish, they would gradually be taught increasingly in English through high school. His revised education policies were reversed in 1942.[2]
In 1941, he put the island on "war alert" after the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
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