José M. Saldaña
José Manuel Saldaña is a Puerto Rican academic who served as president of the University of Puerto Rico during the 1980s.Biography
Saldaña graduated from University High School, before obtaining his bachelor, masters and Doctor of Dental Medicine degree at the University of Puerto Rico School of Dental Medicine. He is a member of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity. Saldaña served as a professor, department director, faculty dean and chancellor at the Medical Sciences Campus and later president of the same institution.
As vice president of Igualdad, Futuro Seguro, a pro-statehood organization created by Hernán Padilla in 2011, Saldaña testified on the organization's behalf before the United Nations Decolonization Committee in 2013.
Saldaña is a frequent op-ed contributor at El Vocero.
