Rodulfo del Valle explained

Rodulfo del Valle
Order1:115th
Office1:Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Term Start1:1918
Term End1:1920
Successor1:Francisco Parra Capó
Birth Date:1871[1]
Birth Place:Ponce, Puerto Rico
Death Date:22 July 1948
Death Place:Ponce, Puerto Rico
Nationality:Puerto Rican
Spouse:María Amelia Serra Gaztambide
Children:Eduardo
Profession:Attorney[2]

Rodulfo del Valle, a.k.a., Don Fito,[3] (1871 - 1948) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1918 to 1920.[4]

Early years

Del Valle's parents were Rodulfo del Valle and Felipa del Valle. He married Amelia Serra.[5]

Political career

Del Valle "was a man that loved his hometown and was loved by his peers." He was a member of the Liberal Reformist Party (later the Puerto Rican Autonomist Party) in 1887 representing the town of Isabela. Del Valle worked for the autonomy of Puerto Rico from both Spain and, later, from the United States. In the Ponce Municipal Government, del Valle served as Commissioner of Public Service and Municipal Treasurer. As mayor of Ponce, he was a member of the Union of Puerto Rico Party.[6]

Family life

Del Valle married María Amelia Serra Gaztambide and had a son named Eduardo.[5]

Death and legacy

Del Valle died in Ponce on 22 July 1948.[5] A public school in Ponce was named after him. In Ponce there is a street in Urbanizacion Las Delicias of Barrio Magueyes named after him.

See also

References

  1. http://foro.univision.com/t5/Amigos-de-Ponce/Conociendo-La-Ciudad-Se%C3%B1orial-Ponce-fotos-y-datos/td-p/200296994/page/6 Don Rodulfo del Valle.
  2. Mariano Vidal Armstrong. Ponce: Notas para su Historia. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Oficina de Preservación Histórica de Puerto Rico. Segunda Edición. 1986. p. 35.
  3. http://berodulfodelvalle.blogspot.com/2007/04/biografa-de-rodulfo-del-valle.html Biografía de Rodulfo del Valle.
  4. https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/ponce-municipality/#1465331383974-fc51e170-c3cd Ponce Municipality: Mayors.
  5. Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885-2001.
  6. Guillermo A. Baralt. La Historia de El Nuevo Dia (1909-2000): "Al servicio de mi tierra". Page 82. Fundación El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2002. .

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