Norman Maldonado

Norman Maldonado
President of the University of Puerto Rico
In office 1993–2001
Preceded by	José M. Saldaña
Succeeded by	Antonio García Padilla
Personal details
Born	1935 Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
Alma mater	Polytechnic of San Germán (BA) University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine (M.D.)

Norman Maldonado, (born 1935 in Adjuntas,[1] Puerto Rico), is one of Puerto Rico's top hematologists and served as President[2] of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR).

He studied elementary school in Adjuntas and high school in Ponce, standing out as a committed student. He obtained with honors the Bachelor of Arts at the Polytechnic of San Germán and a doctorate in Medicine at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, carved with the highest honor of being the first of its class.[3]

In 1992, during his presidency, he also chaired the pro-statehood New Progressive Party's platform-drafting committee.[4] In the years following the election, he helped the governor Pedro Rosselló to initiate the reform of Puerto Rico's health system.[4] Since 2005, he has published numerous columns for The San Juan Star newspaper, many of them documenting Puerto Rico's medical history.

The Puerto Rico Senate recently passed a bill naming the Puerto Rico Medical Center's University Hospital after Dr. Maldonado, the only medical doctor to have held the post of UPR President.

A native of the mountain town of Adjuntas, he is married to Mary Anne Maldonado, a well known feminist and social activist, and has several grown-up children.

References

1. Wintrobe, Maxwell Myer (1985). Hematology, the blossoming of a science: a story of inspiration and effort. Lea & Febiger. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-8121-0961-0.
2. Barreto, Amílcar António (1998). Language, elites, and the state: nationalism in Puerto Rico and Quebec. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-275-96183-1.
3. "Dr. Norman Maldonado: Una vida al servicio de la comunidad de Puerto Rico".
4. Marina, Florencio (May 18, 2000). "Rx For Health Care Reform; Prescription For Change". Puerto Rico Herald. Retrieved 27 December 2010.

Academic offices
Preceded by José M. Saldaña	President of the University of Puerto Rico 1993–2001	Succeeded by Antonio García Padilla