José M. Saldaña is a Puerto Rican academic who served as President of the University of Puerto Rico

University of Puerto Rico

The University of Puerto Rico is the state university system of Puerto Rico. The system consists of 11 campuses and has approximately 64,511 students and 5,300 faculty members...

 during the 1980s. He is a member of Phi Sigma Alpha

Phi Sigma Alpha

Phi Sigma Alpha Fraternity commonly known as La Sigma, is a Puerto Rican fraternity established originally as the Sigma Delta Alpha Fraternity on October 22, 1928 at the University of Puerto Rico by 12 students and a professor...

 fraternity. He graduated from U.H.S.

University High School (San Juan)

"UHS" or the University High School in San Juan, Puerto Rico is a teaching facility operated by the Faculty of Education of the University of Puerto Rico. Located on University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, it provides education to approximately 600 students from 7th to 12th grade...

 at Rio Piedras, before obtaining his bachelor, masters and Doctor of Dental Medicine degree at the University of Puerto Rico

University of Puerto Rico

The University of Puerto Rico is the state university system of Puerto Rico. The system consists of 11 campuses and has approximately 64,511 students and 5,300 faculty members...

. He served as a professor, department director, faculty dean and chancellor at the Medical Sciences Campus and later president of the same institution.

He is a frequent op-ed contributor at El Vocero

El Vocero

El Vocero is a Puerto Rican newspaper that is published in San Juan.Published since 1974, El Vocero was at first the third of the four largest Puerto Rico newspapers, trailing El Mundo and El Nuevo Día and leading The San Juan Star in sales...

daily newspaper in Puerto Rico.