Age, Biography and Wiki
J. Raymond Watson was born on 7 September, 1935 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a Puerto Rican engineer (1935–2020). Discover J. Raymond Watson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?
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85 years old |
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Virgo |
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7 September, 1935 |
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7 September |
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San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Date of death |
2020 |
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American
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J. Raymond Watson Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is J. Raymond Watson's Wife?
His wife is Brunilda
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Brunilda |
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John |
J. Raymond Watson Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is J. Raymond Watson worth at the age of 85 years old? J. Raymond Watson’s income source is mostly from being a successful engineer. He is from American. We have estimated J. Raymond Watson's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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engineer |
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Timeline
J. Raymond Watson, the engineer considered to have been the creator of Puerto Rico's toll roads system, was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on September 7, 1935, lived in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico and died March 24, 2020.
With his wife Brunilda he had one son, John, and three grandchildren.
After graduating from San Juan's Central High School in 1952, he obtained two Bachelor's degrees from the University of Puerto Rico's Mayagüez campus, in Civil Engineering (Cum Laude) and in Mathematical Sciences (Magna Cum Laude) in 1956 before completing a Master's degree in Civil Engineering, with Honors, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1958.
After completing his education, he served as an assistant professor at the University of Puerto Rico School of Engineering.
Governor Luis A. Ferré recruited Watson to serve as Executive Director of Puerto Rico's Highways Authority from 1969 to 1972.
He established what was then a revolutionary policy in Puerto Rico, the construction of toll roads in which user fees paid the cost of road-building.
As a result, the construction of the expressway between Puerto Rico's two largest cities at the time, San Juan and Ponce, leapfrogged and was completed within several years, cutting travel time by two thirds, from almost four hours to one hour and fifteen minutes.
After transforming Puerto Rico's road-building activities, Watson served as area director for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from 1974 until he was recruited in 1977 by Governor Carlos Romero Barceló to serve as the president of the government-owned Puerto Rico Telephone Company until 1979.
In 1978 he attempted unsuccessfully to sell the phone system to private enterprise.
In private practice, he established two engineering firms, Raymond Watson and Associates and Watson & Villate.
He also headed Prescon Caribe Inc., Abarca Enterprises and served as President of the Palmas del Mar Company, a self-contained city-within-a-city in Humacao, Puerto Rico.
Watson was retired at the time of his dying on March 24, 2020, but had remained an observer of Puerto Rico's political scene and his opinions were quoted frequently in island publications.
