List of Belen Jesuit Preparatory School people

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The following is a list of notable past pupils and faculty of the Belen Jesuit Preparatory School.

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Academics

NameClass yearNotabilityReference(s)
Luis E. Aguilar Leon 1944Writer and Professor Emeritus of Georgetown University [1]
Xavier Briggs 1985Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution; former Vice-President, The Ford Foundation; former Associate Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget under President Barack Obama and senior policy official at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton; former Professor of Sociology and Urban Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a former faculty member of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government [1]
Jorge I. Dominguez 1963Faculty member at Harvard University, Academy for International and Area Studies [1]
Alberto Martinez Piedra 1946Former US Ambassador to Guatemala and Professor at The Institute of World Politics [1]
Salvador Miranda 1958Church historian and librarian [2]

Entertainers and athletes

NameClass yearNotabilityReference(s)
Louis Aguirre 1984Television anchor [1]
Frankie J. Alvarez 2001Actor in Looking on HBO [3]
Raúl Esparza 1988Stage actor, singer, and voice artist noted for his roles on Broadway shows and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit [4]
Marcello Hernández 2015Comedian, cast member on Saturday Night Live [5]
Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr. 1996Founder of PerezHilton.com and host of What Perez Sez on VH1 [6]
Nick Martinez 2008Starting pitcher for the Texas Rangers [7]

Entrepreneurs

NameClass yearNotabilityReference(s)
Francisco Aruca 1959Radio host and businessman [8]
Cesar Conde 19912002-2003 White House Fellow; President of Univision Networks at Univision Communications, Inc. [1]
Antonio Garcia Martinez 1994Tech entrepreneur and author [1]
Roberto Goizueta 1947Former CEO of Coca-Cola; the Emory University School of Business is named after him. [1]

Journalists

NameClass yearNotabilityReference(s)
Oscar J. Corral 1992Writer for The Miami Herald ; covers Cuban politics and the exile community [1]
Tom Llamas 1997Weekend Anchor for ABC World News Tonight [1]
German Pinelli 1925Journalist and actor [1]
Roberto Suárez 1946Former President of The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald [1]

Politicians in Cuba

NameClass yearNotabilityReference(s)
Fidel Castro 1944Former president and prime minister of Cuba [8]
Raul Castro AttendedFormer president and prime minister of Cuba [9]
Miguel Ángel de la Campa y Caraveda 1900Cuban Foreign Minister, Attorney General, diplomat [1]
Antonio Prío Socarrás 1923Cuban Minister of Housing, 1948-1952 [1]
Carlos Prío Socarrás 192116th President of Cuba [1]
Francisco Prío Socarrás 1920Cuban Senator, 1944-1952 [1]
Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirven 1883Cuban Senator (1902–1918), author, and jurist (Judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice at the Hague (1922-1942), nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize of 1949 [1]

Politicians in the United States

NameClass yearNotabilityReference(s)
Gaston Cantens 1979Former member of the Florida House of Representatives [1]
Miguel Diaz de la Portilla 1981Former Miami-Dade County Commissioner; current Florida State Senator [8]
Manny Diaz 1973Former Mayor of Miami and President of the United States Conference of Mayors [1]
Joe Garcia 1982Former U.S Representative for Florida's 26th congressional district; sworn into his first two-year term on January 3, 2013 [8]
Carlos Curbelo 1998Former U.S Representative for Florida's 26th congressional district [1]
Humberto Hernandez Jr. 1980Former City of Miami Commissioner [1]
Marcelo Llorente 1994Former Representative, Florida House District 116 [1]
Carlos A. Manrique 1978Former member of the Florida House of Representatives [1]
Xavier Suarez AttendedFormer Mayor of Miami and Miami-Dade County Commissioner [8]
Carlos Trujillo 2001Former member of the Florida House of Representatives District 116 and current U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States. [1]

Priests

NameClass yearNotabilityReference(s)
Eduardo J. Alvarez, S.J 1963 & FacultyPastor at Gesu Church, Miami, Florida [1]
Braulio Orue-Vivanco 1860First Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinar del Rio [10]
Enrique San Pedro, S.J. 1946 & Faculty4th Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville [1] [11]

Scientists

NameClass yearNotabilityReference(s)
Carlos Finlay FacultyPhysician and epidemiologist; proposed the mode of transmission of yellow fever [12]

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 The International Jesuit Alumni Directory Belen (Forum Press Inc., 1994)
  2. ↑ Nardini, Bob (April 2010). "Issues in Vendor/Library Relations -- "I Am the Only Bay of Pigs Librarian"". Against the Grain: Vol. 22: Iss. 2, Article 39.
  3. ↑ "Frankie J. Alvarez From HBO's 'Looking': Loving the Acting Life". NBC News . January 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ Gerhart, Ann (July 7, 2002). "Every Day in the Theater With Raul". Washington Post.
  5. ↑ Ginley, Joe (September 15, 2022). "Marcello Hernandez '19 Joins the Cast of Saturday Night Live". John Carroll University Athletics. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Miami-Raised Blogger Perez Hilton Returns Home To Debut New Book - CBS Miami". CBS News . September 19, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Belen baseball program to retire Martinez's No. 21". Miami Herald . January 28, 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Gonzalez, Gaspar (May 10, 2001). "Class Act". Miami New Times.
  9. ↑ Tanner, Marcus (December 19, 2014). "Raul Castro: Last of the great Communists". The Independent . Education: Attended Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, before taking a place at the University of Havana, though he failed to graduate.
  10. ↑ "Episcopologio de la Iglesia Católica en Cuba - Biografías - O".
  11. ↑ Ideal press article [ permanent dead link ]
  12. ↑ Martinez, Teresa (March 3, 2022). "Inaugural Hall of Fame Inductees". Belen Jesuit Prep School. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023.
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