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PADÍNorth, José was born on May 3, 1886 in San Juan. Son of José Padín and Francisca Rodríguez.
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José Rico PADÍNorth
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José PADÍNorth, Puerto Rican educator. Doctor of Laws, Haverford College, 1931; doctor honoris causa of the University of Puerto Rico, 1933. Asociación Nacional de Educación; Academies of Political and Social Sciences of Philadelphia and New York; Asociación de Maestros de Puerto Rico; Haverford Society of New New York
Career
Professor of English and sub-inspector of schools in Guayama 1909- 1912. In Arecibo, 1912-1913. Superintendent general, 1913-1916.
Sub-Commissioner of Education, 1916-1917.
Technical director of the Hispanic American section of Doctorate. C. Heath & Company, New York 1917-1930. Secretary-interpreter of the Central American Conference, 1922— 1923.
Puerto Rican Commissioner of Education since 1930. President of the Board of Trustees (Junta de Síndicos) of the University of Puerto Rico.
Of the Board of Pensions (Junta de Pensiones) for School Teachers, 1930.
Of the Board of Directors of the Carnegie Library, Puerto Rico, 1930. Of the Young People's Red Cross Society, 1931. Of the Insular Council of Boy Scouts (Muchachos Escuchas), 1931.
Of the Commission against Tuberculosis in Children of School Age, 1931.
Of the Board of Directors (Comisión) of the Borinquen Library, 1931. Member of the Directive Board of the Puerto Rican Young Men's Christian Association and of the American Red Cross.
Membership
Asociación Nacional de Educación. Academies of Political and Social Sciences of Philadelphia and New New York Asociación de Maestros de Puerto Rico.
Haverford Society of New New York
Connections
Married Paulina Cuebas Montval. Chil. dren: Ruth B., Eleanor Judith, and Edith Grace.
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Puerto Rican