José Miguel Gallardo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

José Miguel Gallardo

Governor of Puerto Rico in 1941

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1897

Place of Birth: San Germán, Puerto Rico, United States

Date of Death: 18-Jul-1976

Profession: politician, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

José Miguel Gallardo (September 29, 1897 – July 18, 1976) was a professor at the University of Puerto Rico and two-time (acting) Governor of Puerto Rico.
He and his wife, fellow professor Ida Gallardo, lived most of their adult lives in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. He is most remembered today as a strong proponent of bilingual education, and he was appointed as Commissioner of Education in 1937 by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
His first task on taking the office was to increase the teaching of English in schools, in preference over Spanish.
The intention was that while students would be taught in elementary school in Spanish, they would gradually be taught increasingly in English through high school.
His revised education policies were reversed in 1942. In 1941, he put the island on "war alert" after the Attack on Pearl Harbor.