List of Belen Jesuit Preparatory School people
Appearance
The following is a list of notable past pupils and faculty of the Belen Jesuit Preparatory School.
Academics
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Luis E. Aguilar Leon | 1944 | Writer and Professor Emeritus of Georgetown University | [1] |
Xavier Briggs | 1985 | Currently serving as Associate Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget under President Barack Obama; former senior policy official at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton; Professor of Sociology and Urban Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a former faculty member of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government | [1] |
Jorge I. Dominguez | 1963 | Faculty member at Harvard University, Academy for International and Area Studies | [1] |
Alberto Martinez Piedra | 1946 | Former US Ambassador to Guatemala and Professor at The Institute of World Politics | [1] |
Salvador Miranda | 1958 | Church historian and librarian | [2] |
Entertainers and athletes
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Louis Aguirre | 1984 | Television anchor of the entertainment show The Insider (TV Series) | [1] |
Frankie J. Alvarez | 2001 | Actor in Looking on HBO | |
Raúl Esparza | 1988 | Stage actor, singer, and voice artist noted for his award-winning performances in Broadway shows and on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |
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Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr. | 1996 | Founder of PerezHilton.com and host of What Perez Sez on VH1 | |
Leonel "Bebito" Smith | Faculty | Gold medalist swimmer at the 1926 Central American Games and at the 1930 Central American Games (now called the Central American and Caribbean Games) | |
Nick Martinez | 2008 | Starting pitcher for the Texas Rangers |
Entrepreneurs
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Francisco Aruca | 1959 | Radio host and businessman | [1] |
Cesar Conde | 1991 | 2002-2003 White House Fellow; President of Univision Networks at Univision Communications, Inc. | [1] |
Roberto Goizueta | 1947 | Former CEO of Coca-Cola; the Emory University School of Business is named after him; his foundation plays an important role at the school | [1] |
Journalists
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Oscar J. Corral | 1992 | Writer for The Miami Herald; covers Cuban politics and the exile community | [1] |
Tom Llamas | 1997 | Weekend Anchor for ABC World News Tonight | [1] |
German Pinelli | 1925 | Journalist and actor | [1] |
Roberto Suárez | 1946 | Former President of The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald | [1] |
Politicians in Cuba
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Miguel Ángel de la Campa y Caraveda | 1900 | Cuban Foreign Minister, Attorney General, diplomat | [1] |
Fidel Castro | 1944 | Former president and prime minister of Cuba | [1] |
Raul Castro | Attended | Former president and prime minister of Cuba | |
Antonio Prío Socarrás | 1923 | Cuban Minister of Housing, 1948-1952 | [1] |
Carlos Prío Socarrás | 1921 | 16th President of Cuba | [1] |
Francisco Prío Socarrás | 1920 | Cuban Senator, 1944-1952 | [1] |
Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirven | 1883 | Cuban Senator (1902–1918), author, and jurist (Judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice at the Hague (1922-1942), nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize of 1949 | [1] |
Politicians in the United States
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Gaston Cantens | 1979 | Former member of the Florida House of Representatives | [1] |
Alex Diaz de la Portilla | Attended | Former President Pro Tempore of the Florida Senate | |
Miguel Diaz de la Portilla | 1981 | Former Miami-Dade County Commissioner; current Florida State Senator | [1] |
Manny Diaz | 1973 | Former Mayor of Miami and President of the United States Conference of Mayors[3] | [1] |
Joe Garcia | 1982 | Former U.S Representative for Florida's 26th congressional district; sworn into his first two-year term on January 3, 2013 | [1] |
Carlos Curbelo | 1998 | Former U.S Representative for Florida's 26th congressional district | [1] |
Humberto Hernandez Jr. | 1980 | Former City of Miami Commissioner | [1] |
Marcelo Llorente | 1994 | Former Representative, Florida House District 116 | [1] |
Carlos A. Manrique | 1978 | Former member of the Florida House of Representatives | [1] |
Xavier Suarez | Attended | Former Mayor of Miami and current Miami-Dade County Commissioner | [1] |
Carlos Trujillo | 2001 | Former member of the Florida House of Representatives District 116 and current U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States. | [1] |
Priests
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Eduardo J. Alvarez, S.J | 1963 & Faculty | Pastor at Gesu Church, Miami, Florida | [1] |
Braulio Orue-Vivanco | 1860 | First Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinar del Rio | [4] |
Enrique San Pedro, S.J. | 1946 & Faculty | 4th Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville | [1][5] |
Scientists
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Carlos Finlay | Faculty | Physician and epidemiologist; proposed the mode of transmission of yellow fever |
Sources
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad The International Jesuit Alumni Directory Belen (Forum Press Inc., 1994)
- ^ Nardini, Bob (April 2010). "Issues in Vendor/Library Relations -- "I Am the Only Bay of Pigs Librarian"". Against the Grain: Vol. 22: Iss. 2, Article 39.
- ^ http://www.miamiherald.com/459/story/576380.html
- ^ "Episcopologio de la Iglesia Católica en Cuba - Biografías - O".
- ^ Ideal press article[permanent dead link]
External links
- Belen Jesuit Celebrates 25yrs of Humanitarian Missions
- Belen Jesuit homepage
- Education, Faith & Discipline; Belen Jesuit Celebrates its 150th Anniversary
- Privateschoolreview.com's page on Belen
- The Miami New Times; May 10, 2001; "Class Act: If You Want to Know Where Many of Miami's Social and Political Elite Got Their Start, Check the Playgrounds at Belen" by Gaspar Gonzalez