Hugo David Storer Tavarez
Hugo David Storer Tavarez | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 8, 1908 |
| Died | June 28, 1994 |
| Alma mater | University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus |
| Occupation | industrialist |
| Employer | Commonwealth Oil Refining Company |
| Known for | Bonsai expert and founder of Phi Sigma Alpha |
Hugo David Storer Tavarez (March 8, 1908 – June 28, 1994) was a Puerto Rican oil industrialist, horticulturalist, and writer. He was a founder of the Commonwealth Oil Refining Company He was also a founder of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity and started the Horticultural Society of Puerto Rico and Club Bonsai de P.R.
Early life
[edit]Storer Tavarez was born March 8, 1908, in Utuado, Puerto Rico.[1] While a student at University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Storer Tavaarez and other students founded what was to become Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity on October 22, 1928.[2] He was later the sixteenth president of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity, serving in 1948, 1949, 1951, and 1963.[3][4]
Career
[edit]By 1954, Storer Tavaarez was the Director of Promotion of the Puerto Rico Economic Development Administration also known as Fomento. He was one of the founders of the Commonwealth Oil Refining Company.[5] He was named director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Bureau on July 1, 1953.[6]
Personal life
[edit]He became interested in horticulture after visiting the Brooklyn Botanical Garden in the late 1940s.[1] In 1970, Storer Tavaarez founded and was the first president of the Horticultural Society of Puerto Rico.[1] In July 1977, he organized a group that would later be called Club Bonsai de Puerto Rico to promote bonsai to all corners of the island.[1] He was known as the "first person of bonsai" in Puerto Rico.[1]
In 1977, he was the editor of the book Catalogo Filatelico de Puerto Rico (Philatelic Catalog of Puerto Rico) for the Sociedad Filatelica de Puerto Rico.[7] He also wrote articles that were published in Bonsai: Akadama, Alnus Glutinosa, Bonsai Aesthetics, Bonsai Cultivation and Care, Bonsai Slovakia, Bonsai Styles, Deadwood Bon (University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1230561509).
He died on June 28, 1994 in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.[1]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Bonsai Book of Days". Phoenix Bonsai Association. Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ "Sigma History" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- ^ "Phi Sigma Alpha Presidents". Phi Sigma Alpha. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- ^ "Presidentes". Fraternidad Phi Sigma Alpha. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "foto el mundo". Puerto Rican Digital Library. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ The Caribbean. 7–8: 277. 1953.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Catalogo filatelico. openlibrary.org. 1977. OL 1304994M. Retrieved 2009-10-04.