Colegiales are persons affiliated with University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, commonly including alumni, current and former faculty members, students, and others. Here follows a list of notable Colegiales.
Alumni proudly declare themselves "colegiales" even after graduating from the institution. Being a "colegial" becomes part of an individual's identity.
| Alumni | Notability | |
|---|---|---|
| Zayra Alvarez | Singer-songwriter and guitarist[1] | |
| Antonio Fas Alzamora | Former president of the Senate of Puerto Rico | |
| Jorge N. Amely Vélez | Electrical engineer and inventor, holds various patents in the field of medical technology[2] | |
| Ricardo Aponte | Brigadier general of the United States Air Force; first Hispanic director, J-7, of the United States Southern Command, in Miami, Florida | |
| Luis Balbino Arroyo | Attorney, youngest person ever to finish secondary education in Puerto Rico and to be admitted to a university in Puerto Rico.[3] | |
| Ricardo Azziz | Physician, scientist, executive, president of the Georgia Health Sciences University in Augusta, Georgia[4] | |
| F. Javier Cevallos | President of Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | |
| Carlos Eugenio Chardón | First Puerto Rican mycologist | |
| Juan R. Correa-Pérez | First doctoral-level clinical andrologist and embryologist established in Puerto Rico | |
| Carlos Del Castillo | Received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers Award | |
| Edwin Cornier Colón | Aguadillan municipal legislator and youngest elected individual in Puerto Rico | |
| Greetchen Diaz | Director of the Science Education Program at Ciencia Puerto Rico | |
| Alexander Diaz-Lopez | Former professor of mathematics at Swarthmore College; current associate professor of mathematics at Villanova University in Pennsylvania[5] | |
| Herminio Brau del Toro[6] | Lawyer, engineer, professor, writer, president of P.R. Distillers | |
| Orlando Figueroa | Former director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program | |
| Enectalí Figueroa-Feliciano | NASA astrophysicist and researcher; pioneered the development of position-sensitive detectors | |
| Adolfo Figueroa Viñas | First Puerto Rican astrophysicist at NASA | |
| Joxel García | Physician; former four-star admiral in the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps; thirteenth Assistant Secretary for Health; President of the Ponce School of Medicine | |
| Olga D. González-Sanabria | Scientist and inventor; highest-ranking Hispanic at NASA's Glenn Research Center; member of the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame | |
| Jorge Haddock Acevedo | Former dean of the School of Business at the University of Richmond in Virginia and current president of the University of Puerto Rico. | |
| Amri Hernandez-Pellerano | Electronics engineer and scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center | |
| Lissette Martinez | Lead electrical engineer for the Space Experiment Module program at the Wallops Flight Facility, part of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center | |
| Antonio Mignucci | Biological oceanographer specializing in the biology, management and conservation of marine mammals | |
| William A. Navas, Jr. | First Puerto Rican to be named an Assistant Secretary of the Navy | |
| Silverio Pérez | Musician, comedian, entrepreneur, TV personality | |
| Edryck Pol | TV personality "Velcroman" on the once-popular show No Te Duermas | |
| Mercedes Reaves | Designed a viable full-scale solar sail at NASA's Langley Research Center | |
| Fernando L. Ribas-Dominicci | F-111F pilot in the United States Air Force; killed during Operation El Dorado Canyon, the April 15, 1986 US air raid on Libya | |
| Pedro N. Rivera | Retired brigadier general of United States Air Force; in 1994 became the first Hispanic medical commander in the Air Force | |
| Juan A. Rivero | Founder of the Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo | |
| Justo A. Méndez Rodriguez | Former senator in the Puerto Rico Legislature | |
| Pedro Rodriguez | Director of a test laboratory at NASA; inventor of a portable, battery-operated lift seat for people suffering from knee arthritis | |
| Ángel Rosa | Puerto Rico senator at-large; chair of Puerto Rico Senate Government Affairs and Economic Development Committee; associate professor of political science | |
| Frank C. Stipes | Westernbank president | |
| Pedro Toledo | Former superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police Department |
| Faculty | Notability |
|---|---|
| Angel Gaud Gonzalez | Professor, Department of Physics |
| Edwin Irizarry Mora | Economist; Puerto Rican Independence Party candidate for governor of Puerto Rico in 2008; professor, Department of Economics |
| Juan A. Rivero | Founder of the Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo; Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology |
| Luisa R. Seijo Maldonado | Professor, Department of Social Sciences, activist and social worker |
| Dean | Years | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Lincoln Stevens | 1911 – | |
| 2 | Ralph Stillman Garwood | ||
| 3 | Charles E. Horne | ||
| Joseph Axtamayer | –1943 |
| Chancellor | Years | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1966–1971 | ||
| 2 | Fred Soltero Harrington [8] | 1971–1973 | |
| 3 | Rafael Pietri Oms[9] | 1974–1979 | |
| 4 | Salvador Alemañy [10] | 1981–1984 | |
| 5 | José Luis Martínez Pico[11] | 1985–1989 | |
| 6 | Alejandro Ruiz Acevedo[12] | 1990–1993 | |
| 7 | Stuart J. Ramos | 1994–1997 | |
| 8 | Antonio Santos Cabrera[13] | 1997–1998 | |
| 9 | Zulma Toro Ramos[14] [15] | 1999–2001 | |
| 10 | Jorge Iván Vélez Arocho [16] | 2001–2009 | |
| 11 | Miguel Muñoz[17] | 2010–2013 | |
| 12 | Jorge Rivera Santos | 2011–2013 | |
| 13 | John Fernández Van Cleve | 2014–2017 | |
| 14 | Wilma L. Santiago Gabrielini | 2017–2019 | |
| 15 | Agustín Rullán Toro | 2019 |