Juan R. Cruz
Dr. Juan R. Cruz, Ph.D., is a Puerto Rican scientist who played an instrumental role in the design and development of the Mars Exploration Rover (MER)Parachute.
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Diego E. Hernandez
Vice Admiral Diego E. Hernandez, is a retired United States Navy officer, who was the first Hispanic to be named Vice Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
Named Diego Hernandez Sanfeliz, was born in 1930 and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Nydia Velazquez
Nydia Margarita Velazquez was born March 28, 1953 in Yacuboa, Puerto Rico. She is a politician who has represented New York’s 12th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives since 1993.
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José A. Cabranes was appointed a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1994. Judge Cabranes was born in 1940 in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
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Antonia Novello
Antonia Coello Novello (born August 23, 1944) is a Puerto Rican physician and public health administrator.
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