Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola
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| 1940 Calle Sauco Urb. Santa Maria, San Juan, 00927  Puerto Rico  United States |
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| Coordinates | 18°22′34″N 66°5′15″W / 18.37611°N 66.0875°WCoordinates: 18°22′34″N 66°5′15″W / 18.37611°N 66.0875°W |
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| Type | Private |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Catholic (Jesuit) |
| Established | 1952 (First Graduating Class, 1956) |
| President | Fr. Mario Alberto Torres, S.J. |
| Principal | Luis Pino, PhD |
| Faculty | 83 |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Gender | All-Male |
| Number of students | 776 |
| Language | Both English and Spanish language and literature, taught at a native speaker level, are required classes for all students. French and Japanese languages are elective. Non-language courses are taught in Spanish. |
| Accreditation(s) | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Newspaper | 'El Estandarte' |
| Yearbook | 'The Shield' |
| Website | http://www.sanignacio.org |
Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola is a Catholic Jesuit college-preparatory school founded by the Society of Jesus in (San Juan, Puerto Rico) in 1952.[1] The school was originally located in Santurce, but was moved to its current location by the Jesuit fathers in 1956. Colegio San Ignacio (CSI) is the only Jesuit school in Puerto Rico. The current campus' main buildings were designed by architect Henry Klumb.
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[edit] Sports
CSI competes in the PRHSAA with other schools in the following sports: basketball, volleyball, soccer, baseball, swimming, track and field, cross-country, tennis, indoor soccer, bowling and golf.
[edit] Notable alumni
[edit] Politics and Government
- Roberto Arango, Class of 1982, former Senate of Puerto Rico Majority Leader
- Ruben Berrios Martinez - President of the Puerto Rican Independence Party, former Senator
- Fernando Martín García - Executive President of the Puerto Rican Independence Party,[2] former Senator
- José Ramón Oyola, Class of 1968, President of the Puerto Rico Government Development Bank (1985–1986)
- Luis G. Rivera Marín, Class of 1978, Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Consumer Affairs (2009–present)
[edit] Business
- Armando Morales Rose, Class of 1986, Latin America SMB and ISD Director at Lexmark International
[edit] Arts, Education and Publicity
- Raúl Juliá, Actor, class of 1957
- Armando Riesco, Actor, class of 1995
- Alfredo De Quesada, Actor, class of 1994
- Francisco Javier Rodriguez, Class of 1988, Dean: UPR School of Architecture.
- Jorge Rodriguez Beruff, Historian, author and Dean: UPR General Studies Faculty
- Dorko Muñoz, Dean Elm O. Jon College, Michigan
[edit] Science and Medicine
- Reinaldo Rampolla-Selles, Class of 1992, Medical Co-Director and Transplant Pulmonologist for Oschner Medical Center, Transplant Services in New Orleans, Louisiana
[edit] Sports
- Gabriel Montilla Licha, Class of 1996, Puerto Rican Tennis Player
- Andres Rodríguez, Class of 1999, member of the Puerto Rico men's national basketball team
[edit] References
- ^ (Spanish)Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola, Quick Facts.
- ^ (Spanish)independencia.net/historia/bioFernando.html Independencia.net, Biography of Fernando Martín García. Accessed on February 3, 2008.
