Juan Bernardo Huyke

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Huyke and the second or maternal family name is Bozello.

Juan Huyke
Acting Governor of Puerto Rico
In office February 16, 1923 – April 6, 1923
Preceded by	Emmet Montgomery Reily
Succeeded by	Horace Mann Towner
Secretary of Education of Puerto Rico
In office 1921–1930
Governor	Arthur Yager José E. Benedicto (Acting) Emmet Montgomery Reily Horace Mann Towner James R. Beverley Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Preceded by	Paul G. Miller
Succeeded by	José Padín
Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives
In office 1918–1921
Preceded by	José de Diego
Succeeded by	Cayetano Coll y Cuchí
Speaker pro tempore of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives
In office 1907–1918
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Miguel Guerra Mondragón
Personal details
Born	Juan Bernardo Huyke Bocello (1880-06-11)June 11, 1880 Arroyo, Captaincy General of Puerto Rico
Died	December 17, 1961(1961-12-17) (aged 81) San Juan, Puerto Rico
Political party	Unionist
Other political affiliations	Republican

Juan Bernardo Huyke Bozello (June 11, 1880 – December 17, 1961) served as acting governor of Puerto Rico several months in 1923.

Background

Huyke was born in Arroyo, Puerto Rico, on June 11, 1880. He was the son of Don Enrique Huyke and Doña Carmen Bozello. His father, who was a principal of a school in Arroyo, named Huyke after his grandfather (Bernardo H. Huyke) who lived with family on the island of Curaçao in 1891. He studied at the Normal School of the University of Puerto Rico.[1] At the age of 21 Juan Bernardo Huyke began his career as an English teacher at a school in Arroyo.[2]

He was an attorney, writer, publisher, educator,[3] and statesman. He served as Puerto Rico's Superintendent of Schools from 1908 until 1910. As superintendent, he was one of the first people to promote bilingual education. Huyke Bozello was president of the American Red Cross in Puerto Rico. He served in the Puerto Rico House of Representatives from 1912 to 1920, and became Commissioner of Public Instruction in 1921 until 1930.

For several months in 1923, Huyke served as interim Governor of Puerto Rico between the administrations of Emmet Montgomery Reily and Horace Mann Towner. He was the second native Puerto Rican to serve as interim Governor of Puerto Rico, the first was Juan Ponce de Leon II. From 1935 to 1945 Huyke was Chairman of the Puerto Rico Civil Service Commission.

In 1950, Huyke was the superintendent of the Bayamón school district.[4]

Juan B. Huyke died on December 17, 1961, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

He was the father of sports journalist Emilio Huyke.

Publications

In 1932, Huyke published El Pais (The Country) a pro-statehood newspaper that represented many conservative views.

Huyke wrote and published several books, among his popular sellers were Children and Schools Niños y Escuelas, Advice Our Youth, Stories of Puerto Rico, If I Were 21 Years old, Verse of Hector, The Small Cause, The Antillean Agony, and How I Educated My Son.[5]

References

1. "Obits". La Correspondencia de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 23 October 1891. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
2. "Noticias". La Correspondencia de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 10 September 1901. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
3. "Exámenes en Yabucoa". La Democracia (in Spanish). 29 June 1903. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
4. United States. Federal Security Agency; United States. Office of Education (1950). Education Directory. DHEW publication. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 5-PA65. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
5. "Huyke, Juan B. (Juan Bernardo) 1880- [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org.

External links

• Works by or about Juan Bernardo Huyke at the Internet Archive

House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
New office	Speaker pro tempore of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives 1907–1918	Succeeded by Miguel Guerra Mondragón
Political offices
Preceded by José de Diego	Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives 1918–1921	Succeeded by Cayetano Coll y Cuchí
Preceded by Paul G. Miller	Secretary of Education of Puerto Rico 1921–1930	Succeeded by José Padín
Preceded by Emmet Montgomery Reily	Governor of Puerto Rico Acting March 1923 - April 6, 1923	Succeeded by Horace Mann Towner