Rodulfo del Valle, a.k.a.,
Don Fito,
[''Biografía de Rodulfo del Valle.'']
Biblioteca Escolar Rodulfo del Valle. Escuela Rodulfo del Valle. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 27 April 2013. (1871–1948) was Mayor of
Ponce, Puerto Rico
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, from 1918 to 1920.
Early years
Del Valle's parents were Rodulfo del Valle and Felipa del Valle. He married Amelia Serra.
[Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885-2001.]
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
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. Del Valle worked for the autonomy of Puerto Rico from both
Spain
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and, later, from the
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. 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.
[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. .]
Family life
Del Valle married María Amelia Serra Gaztambide and had a son named Eduardo.
Death and legacy
Del Valle died in Ponce on 22 July 1948.
A public school in Ponce was named after him.
In Ponce there is a street in Urbanizacion Las Delicias of
Barrio Magueyes
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named after him.
See also
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Ponce, Puerto Rico
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List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
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References
Further reading
* Fay Fowlie de Flores. ''Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada.'' Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 216. Item 1109.
* Cayetano Coll y Toste. ''Boletín Histórico de Puerto Rico.'' San Juan, Puerto Rico: Cantera Fernandez. 1914–1927. (Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO).
1871 births
1948 deaths
20th-century mayors of places in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican people of Spanish descent
Liberal Reformist Party (Puerto Rico) politicians
Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
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