Background
PORTELL VILÁ, Herminio was born on June 18, 1901 in Cárdenas. Son of Juan Portell and Magdalena Vilá.
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Herminio Havana PORTELL VILÁ
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Herminio PORTELL VILÁ, Cuban newspaperman, professor, lawyer;. Decoration: commander, Orden de Finlay, Cuba. Member: Havana Country Club. Club Náutico Varadero, Tarará Yacht Club, Society Geográfica de Cuba, Federación de Doctores en Ciencias y en Filosofía y Letras, Colegio de Abogados. Institute Cultural Cubano-Norteamericano.
Career
Professor, lawyer; chief, Academy, de la Historia de Cuba, 1926-1929. Assistant professor, of history, University de La Habana, 1928-1931, professor, since 1939. Lecturer, Center of Inter-American Studies, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, 1933.
Embassy counsellor and Cuban delegate, 7th Pan American Conference, Montevideo, 1933. Consultant, Commission on Cuban Affairs, Foreign Policy Association, New York, 1934-1935. Professor, of history, Black Mountain College, North Carolina, 1935-1938.
Visiting professor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1940, and University of Chicago, 1941. War commentator, radio program of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, 1942-1946. Director, study center, Institute Cultural CubanoNorteamericano, Havana, since 1943.
Doctor of Law, University de La Habana, 1927, Ph.D., 1934.
Membership
Sociedad Económica de Amigos del Pais. Sociedad del Folklore Cubano. Sociedad Geográfica of Cuba.
Inter-American Bibliographical Association. Academia de la Historia de Cuba (resigned as secretary, 1929). Institución Hispanocubana de Cultura (secretary).
Connections
Married Maria Teresa Rodriguez.
- Father:
- Juan Ported y Gómez
- Mother:
- Magdalena Vilá y Roig
- Spouse:
- Maria Teresa Rodríguez Pérez
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Nationality
Cuban
Awards
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Decoration: commander, Orden de Finlay, Cuba.Decoration: commander, Orden de Finlay, Cuba.