Hugo David Storer Tavarez
Hugo David Storer Tavarez | |
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Born | March 8, 1908 Utuado, Puerto Rico |
Died | June 28, 1994 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico |
Alma mater | University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus |
Occupation | industrialist |
Employer | Commonwealth Oil Refining Company |
Known for | Bonsai expert and founder of Phi Sigma Alpha |
Hugo David Storer Tavarez (March 8, 1908 – June 28, 1994) was a Puerto Rican oil industrialist, horticulturalist, and writer. He was a founder of the Commonwealth Oil Refining Company He was also a founder of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity and started the Horticultural Society of Puerto Rico and Club Bonsai de P.R.
Early life
Storer Tavarez was born March 8, 1908, in Utuado, Puerto Rico.[1] While a student at University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Storer Tavaarez and other students founded what was to become Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity on October 22, 1928.[2] He was later the sixteenth president of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity, serving in 1948, 1949, 1951, and 1963.[3][4]
Career
By 1954, Storer Tavaarez was the Director of Promotion of the Puerto Rico Economic Development Administration also known as Fomento. He was one of the founders of the Commonwealth Oil Refining Company.[5] He was named director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Bureau on July 1, 1953.[6]
Personal life
He became interested in horticulture after visiting the Brooklyn Botanical Garden in the late 1940s.[1] In 1970, Storer Tavaarez founded and was the first president of the Horticultural Society of Puerto Rico.[1] In July 1977, he organized a group that would later be called Club Bonsai de Puerto Rico to promote bonsai to all corners of the island.[1] He was known as the "first person of bonsai" in Puerto Rico.[1]
In 1977, he was the editor of the book Catalogo Filatelico de Puerto Rico (Philatelic Catalog of Puerto Rico) for the Sociedad Filatelica de Puerto Rico.[7] He also wrote articles that were published in Bonsai: Akadama, Alnus Glutinosa, Bonsai Aesthetics, Bonsai Cultivation and Care, Bonsai Slovakia, Bonsai Styles, Deadwood Bon (University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1230561509).
He died on June 28, 1994 in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Bonsai Book of Days". Phoenix Bonsai Association. Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ "Sigma History" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- ^ "Phi Sigma Alpha Presidents". Phi Sigma Alpha. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- ^ "Presidentes". Fraternidad Phi Sigma Alpha. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "foto el mundo". Puerto Rican Digital Library. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ The Caribbean. 7–8: 277. 1953.
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(help) - ^ Catalogo filatelico. openlibrary.org. 1977. OL 1304994M. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
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- Santos P. Amadeo, 1928
- Juan Figueroa Rivera, 1929
- Manuel Rodríguez Ramos, 1930
- Charles Henry Juliá Barreras, 1931
- Rafael Baragano, 1932
- Carlos García Méndez, 1933
- Aurelio Torres Braschi, 1934
- Ramón Gandia Bizcombe, 1935
- Juan Figueroa Rivera, 1936
- Juan Figueroa Rivera, 1937
- Pedro E. Purcell Rodríguez, 1938
- Pedro E. Purcell Rodríguez, 1939
- Raúl Méndez Cardona, 1940
- Raúl Méndez Cardona, 1941
- Miguel Ángel Quiñónez,1942
- Miguel Ángel Quiñónez, 1943
- Herman Stubbe, 1944
- Juan Francisco Martínez, 1945
- Juan Figueroa Rivera, 1946
- José Luís Purcell Rodríguez, 1947
- Hugo David Storer Tavarez, 1948
- Hugo David Storer Tavarez, 1949
- Carlos Luis Yordan Zeppendfeldt, 1950
- Hugo David Storer Tavarez, 1951
- José Luís Pont Flores, 1952
- Humberto Monserrate Anselmi, 1953
- Humberto Monserrate Anselmi, 1954
- Mario García Palmieri, 1955
- Mario García Palmieri, 1956
- Manuel García Fortuño, 1957
- Herminio Brau del Toro, 1958
- Herminio Brau del Toro, 1959
- Humberto Monserrate Anselmi, 1960
- Humberto Monserrate Anselmi, 1961
- Ariel Mendez Cardona, 1962
- Jose A. Antonmattei, 1962
- Richard Casas Rahola, 1962
- Hugo David Storer Tavarez, 1963
- Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer, 1964
- Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer, 1965
- Luis Carrillo Correa, 1966
- Luis Carrillo Correa, 1967
- Victor M. Díaz Bonnet, 1968
- Américo Gonzalez Garcia, 1969
- Américo Gonzalez Garcia, 1970
- Carlos Rafael Jimenez Muñoz, 1971
- Carlos Rafael Jimenez Muñoz, 1972
- Pedro J. Córdova Pelegrina, 1973
- Pedro J. Córdova Pelegrina, 1974
- Carlos Felípe Vega Cortes, 1975
- Carlos Felípe Vega Cortes, 1976
- René Torregrosa Nolla, 1977
- René Torregrosa Nolla, 1978
- Antonio Edwin Zapata Labiosa, 1979
- Servando Díaz, 1980
- Servando Díaz, 1981
- Jorge Amaury Rodríguez, 1982
- Rafael Plá Arteaga, 1983
- Juan Díaz Morales, 1984
- Guillermo Silva Janer, 1985
- Guillermo Silva Janer, 1986
- Nelson Biaggi García, 1987
- Américo González García, 1988
- Ricardo Cruz Lebrón, 1989
- Ricardo Cruz Lebrón, 1990
- Fernando Castro Urrutia, 1991
- Miguel A. De Jesus Garcia, 1992
- Miguel A. De Jesus Garcia, 1993
- Rafael Annexy Rexach, 1994
- Rafael Annexy Rexach, 1995
- Luis Bartolomé Rivera Cuebas, 1996
- Luis Bartolomé Rivera Cuebas, 1997
- Felix J. Rodriguez Arroyo, 1998
- Felix J. Rodriguez Arroyo, 1999
- Sergio Dominguez Wolff, 2000
- Sergio Dominguez Wolff, 2001
- Oscar Larry Hernandez, 2002
- Jose R. Abrams Chaves, 2003
- Rafael Annexy Rexach, 2004
- Giordano R. San Antonio Tort, 2005
- Giordano R. San Antonio Tort, 2006
- Miguel De Jesús Olivieri, 2007
- Miguel De Jesús Olivieri, 2008
- John Stewart Sotomayor,2009
- John Stewart Sotomayor,2010
- Luis R, Estades Maldonado, 2011
- Ricardo Negron Yunque, 2012
- Ricardo Negron Yunque, 2013
- Yussef Galib Fiol, 2014
- Yussef Galib Fiol, 2015
- Yussef Galib Fiol, 2016
- Yussef Galib Fiol, 2017
- Yussef Galib Fiol, 2018
- Yussef Galib Fiol, 2019
- Yussef Galib Fiol, 2020
- Yussef Galib Fiol, 2021
- José Antonio Soto Cintrón, 2022