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Mariano Villaronga Toro was born on 9 November, 1906 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, is a Puerto Rican educator (1906–1987). Discover Mariano Villaronga Toro'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 80 years old?

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Occupation Educator and Commissioner of Education
Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 9 November, 1906
Birthday 9 November
Birthplace Ponce, Puerto Rico
Date of death 7 March 1987 San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Nationality Puerto Rican

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1906

Mariano Villaronga Toro (9 November 1906 - 7 March 1987) was a Puerto Rican educator and Commissioner of Public Instruction in Puerto Rico from 1946 to 1957.

Under his leadership as Commissioner of Public Instruction, three major institutions that still stand today were put in place: the Department of Education Printing Press, the public radio and television educational service, and the Free School of Music system.

Most importantly, during his tenure Spanish was adopted as the official language of instruction in all levels of the Puerto Rico public education system, displacing instruction in English which had been pushed by the previous governments of Puerto Rico under US-appointed colonial governors.

Mariano Villaronga Toro was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on 9 November 1906.

He came from well-regarded families in Ponce: the Villaronga family is best known today for the Casa Wiechers-Villaronga, a national landmark in downtown Ponce, and the Armstrong-Toro family, progenitors of Thomas Armstrong Toro, after whom a high school in Ponce is named, is best remembered for its Armstrong-Poventud Residence, another national landmark also in downtown Ponce.

1925

Villaronga Toro graduated from Ponce High School in 1925 and received his B.S. in science from the University of Puerto Rico in 1929.

After graduating from UPR, Villaronga went to work as a teacher in the Puerto Rico public school system.

1935

A few years later, in 1935, he became school principal at his alma mater.

After these early experiences as an educator and public servant, Villaronga earned a master's degree in Education from Harvard University.

Upon his return to Puerto Rico, he joined the faculty at the University of Puerto Rico.

1943

In 1943, he became head of the Department of General Studies there.

1946

In 1946, the political leadership of the Popular Democratic Party recommended Villaronga for commissioner of Public Instruction, a post that at that time was appointed by the President of the United States.

In the U.S. Senate hearings, however, Villaronga remained firm in his position in favor of using Spanish as the language of instruction in Puerto Rico, which cost him the Senate confirmation.

The educational policy on the island, since the arrival of the United States, had established English as the language of public education to contribute to a process of Americanization of the Puerto Rican people.

1948

In 1948, however, Luis Muñoz Marín, the first popularly elected governor, named Mariano Villaronga Commissioner of Public Instruction.

He was quickly confirmed by the Puerto Rican Senate.

1949

While a man of many talents, Villaronga Toro is mostly remembered for having established, in 1949 and while Commissioner of Public Instruction, the educational language policy of using Spanish as the instructional medium for all school years, with English being taught only as a special subject.

In August 1949, Muñoz issued an executive order that all teaching would be done in Spanish at all levels in the public education system and that English would be offered as a special subject.

1952

In 1952, when the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico was formed, Villaronga was designated secretary of Public Instruction, a position he held until 1957.

Under his direction, the groundwork was laid for the establishment of an educational public television network in Puerto Rico.

1953

La Educacion Liberal, 1953

1958

The actual rollout occurred in 1958, two years after Villaronga had left office.

The system, WIPR Television, was the first educational television station in Latin America.

Villaronga, Mariano.

1987

Mariano Villaronga died in San Juan in March 1987.

He is buried at Puerto Rico Memorial Cemetery in Carolina, Puerto Rico.