Background
Ponte, Manuel Louis was born on July 20, 1931 in S. Roque, Azores. Came to the United States 1946. Son of John and Isabel J. (Costa-Afonso) Ponte.
Ponte, Manuel Louis was born on July 20, 1931 in S. Roque, Azores. Came to the United States 1946. Son of John and Isabel J. (Costa-Afonso) Ponte.
AB, Harvard University, 1954. Honorary Doctor, Colegio Nacional Mexicano de Cirujanos Dentistas, Mexico City, 1982.
College public trainee, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1957-1959; field editor college, Ginn & Company, Boston, 1959-1961; manager international, Times-Mirror, St. Louis, 1961-1979; managing director, International Medical, St. Louis, 1961-1979; international public consultant, Quintessenz-Verlags, Berlin and Chicago, 1979-1983; president, founder, Ishiyaku EuroAmerica, Inc., St. Louis, since 1983. Part-time host WBNU Radio Pary Line, St. Louis.
Active Democratic Party presidential campaigns, 1952, 82, 86.
Married Katherine Gerada Mulvey, March 2, 1957. Children: Mary Beth, Jane Lucia, Laura Hart.