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Sep 29, 1897 San Germán, Puerto Rico, United States Died on 18 Jul 1976 (aged 78)
Governor of Puerto Rico in 1941
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About José Miguel Gallardo
- José Miguel Gallardo (September 29, 1897 – July 18, 1976) was a professor at the University of Puerto Rico and two-time (acting) Governor of Puerto Rico.
- He and his wife, fellow professor Ida Gallardo, lived most of their adult lives in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. He is most remembered today as a strong proponent of bilingual education, and he was appointed as Commissioner of Education in 1937 by President Franklin D.
- Roosevelt.
- His first task on taking the office was to increase the teaching of English in schools, in preference over Spanish.
- The intention was that while students would be taught in elementary school in Spanish, they would gradually be taught increasingly in English through high school.
- His revised education policies were reversed in 1942. In 1941, he put the island on "war alert" after the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
