Juan Ramon Fernández-V.

Background

Fernández-V., Juan Ramon was born on August 9, 1936 in San Juan, P.R. Son of Ramon Fernández-Serrano and Elena Velazquez.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. P.R., 1957; Master in Public Administration, U. P.R., 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, CUNY, 1978; D honoris causa, U. Nacional, Piura, Peru, 1987.

Career

Administrative technical II, Department Labor, San Juan, 1960; assistant to director, lecturer, School Public Administration, U. P.R., Río Piedras Campus, 1961-1964; assistant professor, School Public Administration, U. P.R., Río Piedras Campus, 1969-1972, 79-80; associate professor, School Public Administration, U. P.R., Río Piedras Campus, 1980-1985; professor, School Public Administration, U. P.R., Río Piedras Campus, since 1984; also chancellor, School Public Administration, U. P.R., Río Piedras Campus, 1985-1992; academic senator faculty of social science, U. P.R., 1983-1985; member university board, representative Río Piedras Campus Academy Senate, U. P.R., 1984-1985; special assistant to Governor of P.R., 1965-1968; professor, Brooklyn College, CUNY, 1973-1976; professor school of public affairs, Baruch College, CUNY, since 1994. Visiting associate researcher Bildner Center CUNY Graduate School, 1993-1995. ParticipantFifth Annual Conference Caribbean Studies Association, Curacao, 1980 and annual meeting, 1981, seminar P.R. Planning Board, 1979, symposium P.R. Foundation for the Humanities, 1979, panel discussion Institute Policy Sciences Center for Study of State Policy, Duke U., 1981, seminar for graduate students Graduate School Education, Harvard University, 1981, Fifth Hispanic-American Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1983, other conferences, seminars.

Lecturer in field, since 1975. Consultant Teacher's Association, Hato Rey, P.R., 1984. Honorary professor of University Iberoamericana Sto.

Do., Dominican Republic. Lecturer, board directors Ralph Bunche Institute on the United Nations, 1986. Visiting scholar, Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, CUNY, 1993, advisory to the president, Interam.

U. P.R., 1996-1997.

Achievements

• Juan Ramon Fernández-V. has been listed as a noteworthy University chancellor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Puerto Rico's delegation to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Conference on Higher Education, Paris, 1998. Delegate to International Seminary on Evaluation and Accreditation Models for Higher Education Institutions in Latin American and the Caribbean/sponsoredby IESALC-United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, San Juan, 1999. Member Academy Arts, History and Archeology of P.R., Academy for the Humanities and Sciences, Caribbean Studies Association.

Connections

Married Norah Moran, 1960 (divorced 1967). Children: Lynnette, Yasmin. Married Sonia M. Ramirez de Fernández, August 12, 1971 (divorced 1992).

1 child, Juan Ernesto.

Father:

Ramon Fernández-Serrano

Mother:

Elena Velazquez

Spouse:

Sonia M. Ramirez de Fernández

Spouse:

Norah Moran

child:

Lynnette Fernández-V.

child:

Yasmin Fernández-V.

child:

Juan Ernesto Fernández-V.