Rafael Celestino Benítez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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United States admiral
Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1917
Place of Birth: Juncos, Puerto Rico, United States
Date of Death: 06-Mar-1999
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Rafael Celestino Benítez
- Rear Admiral Rafael Celestino Benítez (March 9, 1917 – March 6, 1999) was a highly decorated American submarine commander who led the rescue effort of the crew members of the USS Cochino during the Cold War.
- After retiring from the navy, he was Pan American World Airways' vice president for Latin America.
- He taught international law for 16 years at the University of Miami School of Law, and served as associate dean, interim dean and director and founder of the foreign graduate law program.
- While there, he founded the comparative law LL.M.
- program, the inter-American law LL.M.
- program, and the Inter-American Law Review.
- After his death, the university established a scholarship in his memory to benefit a foreign attorney who is enrolled in one of the Law School's LL.M.
- programs.
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