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)
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]
Salvador Miranda 1958 Church historian and librarian [2]

Entertainers and athletes
Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Louis Aguirre 1984 Television anchor [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


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)
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]

Journalists
Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Oscar J. Corral 1992 Writer for The Miami Herald; covers Cuban politics and the exile community [1]
Tom Llamas 1997 Weekend Anchor for ABC World News Tonight [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)
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 Former 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
Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Gaston Cantens 1979 Former member of the Florida House of Representatives [1]
Alex Diaz de la Portilla Attended Former President Pro Tempore of the Florida Senate
Miguel Diaz de la Portilla 1981 Former Miami-Dade County Commissioner; current Florida State Senator [1]
Manny Diaz 1973 Former Mayor of Miami and President of the United States Conference of Mayors[3] [1]
Joe Garcia 1982 Former U.S Representative for Florida's 26th congressional district; sworn into his first two-year term on January 3, 2013 [1]
Carlos Curbelo 1998 Former U.S Representative for Florida's 26th congressional district [1]
Humberto Hernandez Jr. 1980 Former City of Miami Commissioner [1]
Marcelo Llorente 1994 Former Representative, Florida House District 116 [1]
Carlos A. Manrique 1978 Former member of the Florida House of Representatives [1]
Xavier Suarez Attended Former Mayor of Miami and current Miami-Dade County Commissioner [1]
Carlos Trujillo 2001 Former member of the Florida House of Representatives District 116 and current U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States. [1]

Priests
Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
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 [4]
Enrique San Pedro, S.J. 1946 & Faculty 4th Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville [1][5]

Scientists
Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Carlos Finlay Faculty Physician and epidemiologist; proposed the mode of transmission of yellow fever

Sources
  1. The International Jesuit Alumni Directory Belen (Forum Press Inc., 1994)
  2. Nardini, Bob (April 2010). "Issues in Vendor/Library Relations -- "I Am the Only Bay of Pigs Librarian"". Against the Grain: Vol. 22: Iss. 2, Article 39.
  3. http://www.miamiherald.com/459/story/576380.html
  4. "Episcopologio de la Iglesia Católica en Cuba - Biografías - O".
  5. Ideal press article
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