state_senate children birth_place office term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation
puerto rico ubaldino jose angeles jose alfredo san germán , puerto rico member of the puerto rico house of representatives 1945 angeles poventud ubaldino ramírez de arellano
 1952 ubaldino ramírez de arellano politician , senator , dentist
ubaldino ramírez de arellano

ubaldino ramírez de arellano quiñones was born in san germán , puerto rico .
he was a dentist , congressman and he was known as the father of basketball in san german .
his parents were josé ubaldino ramírez de arellano lugo and maría matilde quiñones quiñones .
while in university he joined phi sigma alpha fraternity .
in his youth he played professional basketball .
he was later the first president liga puertorriqueña de baloncesto .
he was a member of the puerto rico house of representatives from 1945 till 1952 .
in 1949 he and others such as monseñor mac manus , bishop of ponce , and senator santiago r. palmer achieved that for a dollar the church of porta coeli in san german be sold to the government of puerto rico so that it be responsible for its safekeeping and preservation .
in 1951 he served in the legislative commission of the constitutional assembly that created the constitution of puerto rico .
he was also one of the signer of the constitution of puerto rico .
on march 8 , 1956 , he introduced joint resolution 3122 which allocated the funds during the 1956-57 fiscal year to cover the costs for planning and buying equipment to establish the university of puerto rico school of dental medicine .
at the meeting of 24 may 1956 , approved the resolution with a unanimous vote of 43 votes for and 0 against .
this project was approved in the senate of puerto rico without amendment on 30 may 1956 .
the adoption of the law occurred on 21 june 1956 with the signature of governor luis muñoz marín .
