Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso

Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso (10 February 1881 – 31 January 1965) was a Puerto Rican attorney, journalist, politician and Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico from 1925 to 1928.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vivas and the second or maternal family name is Valdivieso.

Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso
Mayor Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso
118th Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office
1925–1928
Preceded byAbelardo Aguilú, Jr.
Succeeded byEmilio Fagot
Personal details
Born10 February 1881[1]
Ponce, Puerto Rico[2]
Died31 January 1965
Primero, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Resting placeCementerio Católico San Vicente de Paul
OccupationJournalist
ProfessionAttorney[3]

Early years

Vivas Valdivieso was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on 10 February 1881.[4][5] He had little formal education and starting to work at 12 years old for Olimpio Otero at his store, Bazar Otero. He later became a legal assistant for a law office, and subsequently a bookkeeper for seven years.[6]

Journalist

At age 14, Vivas Valdivieso founded, together with Alberto Marin and Eduardo Marin, the political autonomist newspaper, La Razon.[7] Subsequently, he also became the owner and director of the "El Día" newspaper during the time of the Ponce massacre at the hands of the Insular Police under the governorship of U.S.-appointed Gov. Blanton Winship.[8][9] He had purchased the paper from its founder, Guillermo V. Cintrón, in August 1928.[10]

Mayoral term

Vivas Valdivieso is recorded to have been the facilitator of the building of "Modern Ponce". During his administration, he secured a municipal loan of $1,250,000 ($20.9 million in 2022 dollars[11]) for citywide improvements that would turn the municipality of Ponce, come the administration of his successor Emilio Fagot, into the city it became during the rest of the 20th century. Some of the improvements made included the paving of so far dirt city streets, the creation of the city's sewerage system, the enlargement of the old Acueducto, the repair of rural roads, and facilitating the traffic of rural goods into the city market.[12] He is also credited with creating the first network of the city's sewer system.[13]

Honors

He is recognized as one of Ponce's most accomplished journalists at Ponce's Park for Illustrious Ponce Citizens.[14] In Ponce there is a street in Urbanizacion Las Delicias of Barrio Magueyes named after him.

Death

His residence was in Tercero, Ponce, but he died after six days in a hospital in Primero, Ponce, with the Puerto Rico Department of Health listing Bronchopneumonia as the cause of death.[4]

See also

References
  1. Guillermo A. Baralt. La Historia de El Nuevo Dia (1909-2000): "Al servicio de mi tierra". Page 119. Fundación El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2002. ISBN 1-881720-82-9.
  2. Guillermo A. Baralt. La Historia de El Nuevo Dia (1909-2000): "Al servicio de mi tierra". Page 119. Fundación El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2002. ISBN 1-881720-82-9.
  3. Francisco Lluch Mora. Orígenes y fundación de Ponce y otras noticias relativas a su desarrollo urbano, demográfico y cultural : (siglos XVI-XIX). San Juan, Puerto Rico: Plaza Mayor. 2001. p.7.
  4. Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001, Ponce Defunciones 1963-1965, t. 187-190 image 2109 of 2246
  5. Guillermo A. Baralt. La Historia de El Nuevo Dia (1909-2000): "Al servicio de mi tierra". Page 119. Fundación El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2002. ISBN 1-881720-82-9.
  6. Guillermo A. Baralt. La Historia de El Nuevo Dia (1909-2000): "Al servicio de mi tierra". Page 119. Fundación El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2002. ISBN 1-881720-82-9.
  7. Guillermo A. Baralt. La Historia de El Nuevo Dia (1909-2000): "Al servicio de mi tierra". Page 119. Fundación El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2002. ISBN 1-881720-82-9.
  8. Director of El Dia newspaper Retrieved August 15, 2009.
  9. Jose Enrique Ayoroa Santaliz. La Masacre de Ponce: Breve relacion de hechos y algunos de sus personajes. Ponce Massacre Museum. March 2011.
  10. Guillermo A. Baralt. La Historia de El Nuevo Dia (1909-2000): "Al servicio de mi tierra". Page 119. Fundación El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2002. ISBN 1-881720-82-9.
  11. 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  12. Ponce: A Historical Sketch Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine Juan Braschi. In, "The Book of Porto Rico. XIX: Principal Cities."]Sistema Universitario Ana G. Méndez. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Page 1069. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  13. Inyectan Nueva Vida a la Plaza Juan Ponce de León. Omar Alfonso. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Pages 10-11. Year 35. Issue 1803. 20 to 26 June 2018. Accessed 21 June 2018.
  14. Journalism. TravelPonce. Retrieved 18 June 2012.

Further reading
  • Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliografía Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 216. Item 1109. LCCN 92-75480
  • Cayetano Coll y Toste. Boletín Histórico de Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Cantera Fernandez. 1914–1927. (Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO).
  • Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliografía Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 320. Item 1606. LCCN 92-75480
  • Alquiniel. "Don Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso." Meridiano. Year 1. (Agosto 1958) pp. 12, 33, 37. (Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO).
  • Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliografía Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 109. Item 560. LCCN 92-75480
  • The Representative Men of Puerto Rico. Compiled and edited by F.E. Jackson & Son. C. Frederiksen, artist and photographer. s.l.: F.E. Jackson & Son. 1901. (PUCPR; Universidad Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras, UPR).
  • Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliografía Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 110. Item 566. LCCN 92-75480
  • Guillermo Atiles Garcia. Kaleidoscopio. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Establecimiento tipográfico de Manuel López. 1905. (Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO)
  • Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliografía Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 326. Item 1635. LCCN 92-75480
  • Joaquin Monteagudo. "Al cesar como alcalde, Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso dejó en los bancos, a favor del municipio, $542,000.00 y $30,000.00 en el gobierno insular para una carretera." Helices. Vol. 3 (Febrero de 1952) pp. 14–15, 85 (UPR-Rio Piedras)
  • Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliografía Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 332. Item 1656. LCCN 92-75480
  • Municipio de Ponce. Exposición publica a los contribuyentes y a todos los vecinos de la Ciudad de Ponce, sobre la situación económica del Municipio y sobre el estado general de todas sus dependencias y servicios, al terminar su gestión administrativa el Alcalde saliente don Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso, en enero 14 de 1929, fecha en que se hicieron cargo de la administración municipal los actuales funcionarios electos por la voluntad soberana del pueblo. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Cantero, Fernandez & Co. 1929. (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico)
  • Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliografía Anotada. Segunda Edición. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 339. Item 1688. LCCN 92-75480
  • Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso. "A los agricultores del Distrito Municipal de Ponce, P.R." Ponce, Puerto Rico. 1926. 1 hoja. (Archivo Histórico Municipal de Ponce)
  • Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliografía Anotada. Segunda Edición. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 339. Item 1689. LCCN 92-75480
  • Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso. Datos importantes de la vida municipal de la ciudad de Ponce, Puerto Rico, especialmente del periodo comprendido entre los años 1924–1928." Ponce, Puerto Rico: Talleres "El Día". 1936. (PUCPR; CUTPO [fotocopia])
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