List of Belen Jesuit Preparatory School people
The following is a list of notable past pupils and faculty of the Belen Jesuit Preparatory School.
Academics
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Luis E. Aguilar Leon | 1944 | Writer and Professor Emeritus of Georgetown University | [1] |
Xavier Briggs | 1985 | Currently serving as Associate Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget under President Barack Obama; former senior policy official at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton; Professor of Sociology and Urban Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a former faculty member of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government | [1] |
Jorge I. Dominguez | 1963 | Faculty member at Harvard University, Academy for International and Area Studies | [1] |
Alberto Martinez Piedra | 1946 | Former US Ambassador to Guatemala and Professor at The Institute of World Politics | [1] |
Entertainers and athletes
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Louis Aguirre | 1984 | Television anchor of the entertainment show The Insider (TV Series) | [1] |
Frankie J. Alvarez | 2001 | Actor in Looking on HBO | |
Raúl Esparza | 1988 | Stage actor, singer, and voice artist noted for his award-winning performances in Broadway shows and on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | |
Guillermo "Billy" Gil | 2005 | A producer for The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz |
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Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr. | 1996 | Founder of PerezHilton.com and host of What Perez Sez on VH1 | |
Leonel "Bebito" Smith | Faculty | Gold medalist swimmer at the 1926 Central American Games and at the 1930 Central American Games (now called the Central American and Caribbean Games) | |
Nick Martinez | 2008 | Starting pitcher for the Texas Rangers |
Entrepreneurs
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Francisco Aruca | 1959 | Radio host and businessman | [1] |
Cesar Conde | 1991 | 2002-2003 White House Fellow; President of Univision Networks at Univision Communications, Inc. | [1] |
Roberto Goizueta | 1947 | Former CEO of Coca-Cola; the Emory University School of Business is named after him; his foundation plays an important role at the school | [1] |
Frankie Ruiz | 1996 | Founder of the Miami Marathon | [1] |
Michael Sayman | 2014 | Mobile application entrepreneur; youngest engineer at Facebook; former CEO of 4 Snaps, Sayman Apps | [1] |
Journalists
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Kris Conesa | 1997 | Journalist and writer for Ocean Drive magazine, the Miami New Times, the Miami Herald, and The New York Post | [1][2][3] |
Oscar J. Corral | 1992 | Writer for The Miami Herald; covers Cuban politics and the exile community | [1] |
German Pinelli | 1925 | Journalist and actor | [1] |
Roberto Suárez | 1946 | Former President of The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald | [1] |
Politicians in Cuba
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Miguel Ángel de la Campa y Caraveda | 1900 | Cuban Foreign Minister, Attorney General, diplomat | [1] |
Fidel Castro | 1944 | Former president and prime minister of Cuba | [1] |
Raul Castro | Attended | Current president and prime minister of Cuba | |
Antonio Prío Socarrás | 1923 | Cuban Minister of Housing, 1948-1952 | [1] |
Carlos Prío Socarrás | 1921 | 16th President of Cuba | [1] |
Francisco Prío Socarrás | 1920 | Cuban Senator, 1944-1952 | [1] |
Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirven | 1883 | Cuban Senator (1902–1918), author, and jurist (Judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice at the Hague (1922-1942), nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize of 1949 | [1] |
Politicians in the United States
Priests
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Eduardo J. Alvarez, S.J | 1963 & Faculty | Pastor at Gesu Church, Miami, Florida | [1] |
Braulio Orue-Vivanco | 1860 | First Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinar del Rio | [5] |
Enrique San Pedro, S.J. | 1946 & Faculty | 4th Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville | [1][6] |
Public servants and lawyers
Albert M Quirantes Class of 1981 Criminal Defense Attorney Founder of Ticket Law Center Law Firm
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Joe Garcia | 1982 | Former Executive Director of the Cuban American National Foundation; former chairman of Florida Public Service Commission; former Chairman of the Democratic Party in Miami-Dade County; Democratic congressional candidate for Florida's 26th congressional district (2012) | [1] |
Scientists
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Carlos Finlay | Faculty | Physician and epidemiologist; proposed the mode of transmission of yellow fever |
See also
Sources
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 The International Jesuit Alumni Directory Belen (Forum Press Inc., 1994)
- ↑ "Artist Domingo Zapata Falls for Miami".
- ↑ Conesa, Kris (14 October 2004). "The Ride to Perdition".
- ↑ http://www.miamiherald.com/459/story/576380.html
- ↑ "Episcopologio de la Iglesia Católica en Cuba - Biografías - O".
- ↑ Ideal press article
External links
- Belen Jesuit Celebrates 25yrs of Humanitarian Missions
- Belen Jesuit homepage
- Education, Faith & Discipline; Belen Jesuit Celebrates its 150th Anniversary
- Privateschoolreview.com's page on Belen
- The Miami New Times; May 10, 2001; "Class Act: If You Want to Know Where Many of Miami's Social and Political Elite Got Their Start, Check the Playgrounds at Belen" by Gaspar Gonzalez
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