Pedro Gonzalez Ramos | |
Birth Name: | Pedro Antonio Gonzalez Ramos |
Birth Date: | 1935 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |
Death Place: | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Nationality: | Puerto Rican, American |
Occupation: | Academic administrator, doctor, educator |
Pedro Antonio Gonzalez Ramos (14 May 1935 – 26 May 2023) was a Puerto Rican academic administrator, doctor and educator.
He graduated in Biology from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez in 1957.[1] There he joined in 1953 the Beta Chapter of Phi Sigma Alpha Fraternity.
He was the second Dean of the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao from 1960 to 1972.[2] [3]
He was president of the Puerto Rico Telephone Company and radio station WKAQ (AM).
He was the President of Universidad del Sagrado Corazón from 1972 to 1986. Under his presidency new academic programs were added such as natural Sciences, Business and communications. The Dolphin was chosen as the university mascot and Sagrado joined Liga Atlética Interuniversitaria (LAI), he coordinated the visit of Pope John Paul II to the campus. On March 23 2023, Sagrado Corazón bestowed upon him their first Distinguished Service award, which be henceforth be named in his honor.[4]