Juan Bernardo Huyke Bozello (June 11, 1880 – December 17, 1961) served as acting governor of Puerto Rico several months in 1923.

Juan Huyke
Acting Governor of Puerto Rico
In office
February 16, 1923 – April 6, 1923
Preceded byEmmet Montgomery Reily
Succeeded byHorace Mann Towner
Secretary of Education of Puerto Rico
In office
1921–1930
GovernorArthur Yager
José E. Benedicto (Acting)
Emmet Montgomery Reily
Horace Mann Towner
James R. Beverley
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Preceded byPaul G. Miller
Succeeded byJosé Padín
Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives
In office
1918–1921
Preceded byJosé de Diego
Succeeded byCayetano Coll y Cuchí
Speaker pro tempore of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives
In office
1907–1918
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMiguel Guerra Mondragón
Personal details
Born
Juan Bernardo Huyke Bocello

(1880-06-11)June 11, 1880
Arroyo, Captaincy General of Puerto Rico
DiedDecember 17, 1961(1961-12-17) (aged 81)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Political partyUnionist
Other political
affiliations
Republican

Background

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Huyke was born in Arroyo, Puerto Rico, on June 11, 1880. He was the son of Don Enrique Huyke and Doña Carmen Bozello. His father, who was a principal of a school in Arroyo, named Huyke after his grandfather (Bernardo H. Huyke) who lived with family on the island of Curaçao in 1891. He studied at the Normal School of the University of Puerto Rico.[1] At the age of 21 Juan Bernardo Huyke began his career as an English teacher at a school in Arroyo.[2]

He was an attorney, writer, publisher, educator,[3] and statesman. He served as Puerto Rico's Superintendent of Schools from 1908 until 1910. As superintendent, he was one of the first people to promote bilingual education. Huyke Bozello was president of the American Red Cross in Puerto Rico. He served in the Puerto Rico House of Representatives from 1912 to 1920, and became Commissioner of Public Instruction in 1921 until 1930.

For several months in 1923, Huyke served as interim Governor of Puerto Rico between the administrations of Emmet Montgomery Reily and Horace Mann Towner. He was the second native Puerto Rican to serve as interim Governor of Puerto Rico, the first was Juan Ponce de Leon II. From 1935 to 1945 Huyke was Chairman of the Puerto Rico Civil Service Commission.

In 1950, Huyke was the superintendent of the Bayamón school district.[4]

Juan B. Huyke died on December 17, 1961, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

He was the father of sports journalist Emilio Huyke.

Publications

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In 1932, Huyke published El Pais (The Country) a pro-statehood newspaper that represented many conservative views.

Huyke wrote and published several books, among his popular sellers were Children and Schools Niños y Escuelas, Advice Our Youth, Stories of Puerto Rico, If I Were 21 Years old, Verse of Hector, The Small Cause, The Antillean Agony, and How I Educated My Son.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Obits". La Correspondencia de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 23 October 1891. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Noticias". La Correspondencia de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 10 September 1901. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Exámenes en Yabucoa". La Democracia (in Spanish). 29 June 1903. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  4. ^ United States. Federal Security Agency; United States. Office of Education (1950). Education Directory. DHEW publication. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 5-PA65. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Huyke, Juan B. (Juan Bernardo) 1880- [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org.
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House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
New office Speaker pro tempore of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives
1907–1918
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives
1918–1921
Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary of Education of Puerto Rico
1921–1930
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Puerto Rico
Acting

March 1923 - April 6, 1923
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