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FUSTER, Jaime B.

(1941—)


FUSTER, Jaime B., a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; born January 12, 1941, in Guayama, Puerto Rico; attended parochial schools; B.A., Notre Dame University, 1962; J.D., University of Puerto Rico Law School, 1965; LL.M., Columbia University Law School, 1966; Law and Humanities Fellow, Harvard University, 1973-1974; professor of law, 1966-1979, and dean of law, 1974-1978, University of Puerto Rico; United States Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 1980-1981; president, Catholic University of Puerto Rico, 1981-1984; elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1984 for a four-year term; reelected in 1988 and served from January 3, 1985, until his resignation March 4, 1992; associate justice, Supreme Court of Puerto Rico; is a resident of Candado, San Juan, P.R.


Fuster, Jaime B. Los Derechos Civiles Reconocidos en el Sistema de Vida Puertorriqueño. San Juan, P.R.: Comisión de Derechos Civiles, 1972.

“Jaime B. Fuster” in Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-1995 . Prepared under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by Carmen E. Enciso and Tracy North, Hispanic Division, Library of Congress. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1995.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present

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