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Ramón Humberto Dovalina, Sr. (born July 13, 1943), is the retired fifth president of Laredo Community College, a two-year institution with the main campus on the grounds of historic Fort McIntosh on the Rio Grande in his native Laredo in Webb County in South Texas. With service from July 5, 1995, until August 31, 2007, Dovalina left the position with two years remaining in his contract, much to the surprise of his academic colleagues. Under Dovalina, the physical appearance of the college was upgraded, the scholarship endowment fund increased from $100,000 in 1995 to more than $1 million in 2007, the institution advanced a 10-year master plan for new technology, and a $50 million South Campus was opened. On September 28, 2007, Dovalina and his predecessor, Roger L. Worsley, were each named president emeritus during the sixtieth anniversary celebration of the founding of LCC, originally Laredo Junior College. Dovalina's heart, soul and intellect are devoted to the current and future mission of his beloved college. He is obviously the right person, for the right job, at the right time. -- William B. "Bill" Green, publisher of the ''Laredo Morning Times'' (2001) ==Background== A paternal descendant of Don Tomás Sánchez, the founder of Laredo, Dovalina is a grandson of Lazaro Valentin Dovalina (1883-1946) and the former Maria Esther Gonzalez (1889-1973).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lazaro Valentin Dovalina (grandfather of Ramón Dovalina) )〕 He is the second of three sons of Fernando J. Dovalina, Sr. (1912-2005), a former semi-professional baseball player and an inductee of the Laredo Latin American Hall of Fame, an organization established in 1974. His mother, the former Anita Treviño (1910-1976), was a native of Nuevo León, Mexico.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Anita Treviño Dovalina (mother of Ramón Dovalina) )〕 Anita Dovalina was the principal of Christopher M. MacDonnell Elementary School at 1506 Benavides Street in Laredo and the namesake of the Anita T. Dovalina Elementary School, which opened in 1983 at 1700 Anna Avenue. There is also an Anita Dovalina Head Start. Lazaro, Maria, Fernando, and Anita Dovalina are all interred at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Laredo. Ramón Dovalina's older brother, Fernando Dovalina, Jr., is the retired assistant managing editor of the ''Houston Chronicle''. Younger brother Carlos Hector Dovalina, Sr., is a retired educator with the Laredo Independent School District.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ramón H. Dovalina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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