# List of University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez people

Colegiales are persons affiliated with University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, commonly including alumni, current and former faculty members, students, and others. Here follows a list of notable Colegiales.
Alumni proudly declare themselves "colegiales" even after graduating from the institution. Being a "colegial" becomes part of an individual's identity.

## Notable alumni of University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez

| Alumni | Notability |
| Zayra Alvarez | Singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| Antonio Fas Alzamora | Former president of the Senate of Puerto Rico |
| Daniel Lopéz Romo | United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Brigadier General and assistant adjutant general for Air, Puerto Rico Air National Guard. |
| Jorge N. Amely Vélez | Electrical engineer and inventor, holds various patents in the field of medical technology |
| Ricardo Aponte | Brigadier general of the United States Air Force; first Hispanic director, J-7, of the United States Southern Command, in Miami, Florida |
| Luis Balbino Arroyo | Attorney, youngest person ever to finish secondary education in Puerto Rico and to be admitted to a university in Puerto Rico. |
| Ricardo Azziz | Physician, scientist, executive, president of the Georgia Health Sciences University in Augusta, Georgia |
| F. Javier Cevallos | President of Kutztown University of Pennsylvania |
| Carlos Eugenio Chardón | First Puerto Rican mycologist |
| Juan R. Correa-Pérez | First doctoral-level clinical andrologist and embryologist established in Puerto Rico |
| Carlos Del Castillo | Received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers Award |
| Edwin Cornier Colón | Aguadillan municipal legislator and youngest elected individual in Puerto Rico |
| Greetchen Diaz | Director of the Science Education Program at Ciencia Puerto Rico |
| Alexander Diaz-Lopez | Former professor of mathematics at Swarthmore College; current associate professor of mathematics at Villanova University in Pennsylvania |
| Herminio Brau del Toro | Lawyer, engineer, professor, writer, president of P.R. Distillers |
| Orlando Figueroa | Former director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program |
| Enectalí Figueroa-Feliciano | NASA astrophysicist and researcher; pioneered the development of position-sensitive detectors |
| Adolfo Figueroa Viñas | First Puerto Rican astrophysicist at NASA |
| Joxel García | Physician; former four-star admiral in the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps; thirteenth Assistant Secretary for Health; President of the Ponce School of Medicine |
| Olga D. González-Sanabria | Scientist and inventor; highest-ranking Hispanic at NASA's Glenn Research Center; member of the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame |
| Jorge Haddock Acevedo | Former dean of the School of Business at the University of Richmond in Virginia and current president of the University of Puerto Rico. |
| Amri Hernandez-Pellerano | Electronics engineer and scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Lissette Martinez | Lead electrical engineer for the Space Experiment Module program at the Wallops Flight Facility, part of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Antonio Mignucci | Biological oceanographer specializing in the biology, management and conservation of marine mammals |
| William A. Navas, Jr. | First Puerto Rican to be named an Assistant Secretary of the Navy |
| Silverio Pérez | Musician, comedian, entrepreneur, TV personality |
| Edryck Pol | TV personality "Velcroman" on the once-popular show No Te Duermas |
| Mercedes Reaves | Designed a viable full-scale solar sail at NASA's Langley Research Center |
| Fernando L. Ribas-Dominicci | F-111F pilot in the United States Air Force; killed during Operation El Dorado Canyon, the April 15, 1986 US air raid on Libya |
| Pedro N. Rivera | Retired brigadier general of United States Air Force; in 1994 became the first Hispanic medical commander in the Air Force |
| Juan A. Rivero | Founder of the Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo |
| Justo A. Méndez Rodriguez | Former senator in the Puerto Rico Legislature |
| Pedro Rodriguez | Director of a test laboratory at NASA; inventor of a portable, battery-operated lift seat for people suffering from knee arthritis |
| Ángel Rosa | Puerto Rico senator at-large; chair of Puerto Rico Senate Government Affairs and Economic Development Committee; associate professor of political science |
| Frank C. Stipes | Westernbank president |
| Pedro Toledo | Former superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police Department |

## Notable faculty of University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez

| Faculty | Notability |
| Angel Gaud Gonzalez | Professor, Department of Physics |
| Edwin Irizarry Mora | Economist; Puerto Rican Independence Party candidate for governor of Puerto Rico in 2008; professor, Department of Economics |
| Juan A. Rivero | Founder of the Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo; Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology |
| Luisa R. Seijo Maldonado | Professor, Department of Social Sciences, activist and social worker |

## Deans, vice chancellor and chancellors

| | Dean | Years |
| 1 | Frank Lincoln Stevens | 1911 – |
| 2 | Ralph Stillman Garwood | |
| 3 | Charles E. Horne | |
| | Joseph Axtamayer | –1943 |
| | Vice chancellor | Years |
| 1 | Luis Stefani | 1943–1965 |
| | Chancellor | Years |
| 1 | José Enrique Arrarás | 1966–1971 |
| 2 | Fred Soltero Harrington | 1971–1973 |
| 3 | Rafael Pietri Oms | 1974–1979 |
| 4 | Salvador Alemañy | 1981–1984 |
| 5 | José Luis Martínez Pico | 1985–1989 |
| 6 | Alejandro Ruiz Acevedo | 1990–1993 |
| 7 | Stuart J. Ramos | 1994–1997 |
| 8 | Antonio Santos Cabrera | 1997–1998 |
| 9 | Zulma Toro Ramos | 1999–2001 |
| 10 | Jorge Iván Vélez Arocho | 2001–2009 |
| 11 | Miguel Muñoz | 2010–2013 |
| 12 | Jorge Rivera Santos | 2011–2013 |
| 13 | John Fernández Van Cleve | 2014–2017 |
| 14 | Wilma L. Santiago Gabrielini | 2017–2019 |
| 15 | Agustín Rullán Toro | 2019 |