Rodulfo del Valle

Rodulfo del Valle, a.k.a., Don Fito,[3] (1871–1948) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1918 to 1920.[4]

Rodulfo del Valle
Mayor Rodulfo del Valle
115th Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office 1918–1920
Preceded by	Luis Yordán Dávila
Succeeded by	Francisco Parra Capó
Personal details
Born	1871[1] Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died	22 July 1948[1] Ponce, Puerto Rico
Nationality	Puerto Rican
Spouse(s)	María Amelia Serra Gaztambide
Children	Eduardo
Profession	Attorney[2]

Early years

Del Valle's parents were Rodulfo del Valle and Felipa del Valle. He married Amelia Serra.[5]

Political career

Del Valle "was a man that loved his hometown and was loved by his peers."[3] He was a member of the Liberal Reformist Party (later the Puerto Rican Autonomist Party) in 1887 representing the town of Isabela. Del Valle worked for the autonomy of Puerto Rico from both Spain and, later, from the United States. In the Ponce Municipal Government, del Valle served as Commissioner of Public Service and Municipal Treasurer.[3] As mayor of Ponce, he was a member of the Union of Puerto Rico Party.[6]

Family life

Del Valle married María Amelia Serra Gaztambide and had a son named Eduardo.[7]

Death and legacy

Del Valle died in Ponce on 22 July 1948.[8] A public school in Ponce was named after him.[3] In Ponce there is a street in Urbanizacion Las Delicias of Barrio Magueyes named after him.

References

1. Don Rodulfo del Valle. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
2. Mariano Vidal Armstrong. Ponce: Notas para su Historia. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Oficina de Preservación Histórica de Puerto Rico. Segunda Edición. 1986. p. 35.
3. Biografía de Rodulfo del Valle. Biblioteca Escolar Rodulfo del Valle. Escuela Rodulfo del Valle. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
4. Ponce Municipality: Mayors. Encyclopedia Puerto Rico. Accessed 3 April 2018.
5. Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885-2001.
6. Guillermo A. Baralt. La Historia de El Nuevo Dia (1909-2000): "Al servicio de mi tierra". Page 82. Fundación El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2002. ISBN 1-881720-82-9.
7. Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885-2001.
8. Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885-2001.

See also

• Ponce, Puerto Rico
• List of Puerto Ricans
• List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico

Further reading

• Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 216. Item 1109. LCCN 92-75480
• Cayetano Coll y Toste. Boletín Histórico de Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Cantera Fernandez. 1914–1927. (Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO).