Juan Luis Boscio

Juan Luis Boscio Desprez (21 June 1896[3] – 3 September 1980[4]) was a Puerto Rican merchant and Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico from 1961 to 1964. During his tenure as mayor, in 1962, a major shopping mall opened in the city called Centro del Sur which, at the moment of its opening was "the most modern in the Caribbean".[5]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Boscio and the second or maternal family name is Desprez.

Juan Luis Boscio Desprez
Juan Luis Boscio, former mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Preceded by	Carlos Juan Cintrón
Succeeded by	Eduardo Ruberté Bisó
Member of the Puerto Rico Senate from the Ponce district
In office 1940–1941
125th Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office 1961–1964
Personal details
Born	21 June 1896[1] Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
Died	3 September 1980(1980-09-03) (aged 84) Ponce, Puerto Rico
Nationality	Puerto Rican
Political party	PPD
Spouse(s)	Herminia Monllor Long
Children	Roberto, Jose Luis, Gladys
Profession	Merchant ("Almacenes Monllor y Boscio")[2]

Early years

Boscio Desprez was the son of Juan Bautista Boscio-Cofresí and Eugenia Desprez Boudon. He was born on 21 June 1896 in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He married Herminia Monllor on 23 December 1922[6] and they had 3 children: Roberto (b. abt. 1925), Jose Luis (b. abt 1926), and Gladys (b. abt. 1928).[7][8]

Philanthropist

Juan Luis Boscio was one of the founders of the Albergue de Niños de Ponce (Ponce Children's Shelter), a non-profit organization dedicated to the providing shelter for homeless children. The shelter building opened in 1947 on the north side of Calle Villa in Barrio Canas, between Calle Cementerio Civil and Calle Central.[9] Boscio also donated $10,000 from his own capital to help pay for the project.[10] Albergue de Niños later moved to the south side of Calle Villa, past Jaime L. Drew School, east of PR-500.

Death

Boscio Deprez died on 3 September 1980 from an "aortic insufficiency and heart failure."[11] He was buried at Cementerio Católico San Vicente de Paul in Ponce.[12]

Indictment of son

In the early 1980s, Juan Luis Boscio Monllor, son of Juan Luis Boscio Desprez, (aka, Juan Luis Boscio, Jr.) was president of the board of directors of the Ponce Municipal Development Authority (PMDA) during the tenure of mayor José G. Tormos Vega. His son, Boscio Monllor, was indicted on 31 October 1985, by a federal grand jury for extortion, together with mayor Tormos Vega. He was tried on 27 May 1988.[13]

References

1. Death Certificate. No. 819. (Area 152. Year 1980. Register 252.). Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico. Division del Registro Demográfico. Accessed 3 February 2019.
2. Death Certificate. No. 819. (Area 152. Year 1980. Register 252.). Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico. Division del Registro Demográfico. Accessed 3 February 2019.
3. Death Certificate. No. 819. (Area 152. Year 1980. Register 252.). Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico. Division del Registro Demográfico. Accessed 3 February 2019.
4. Death Certificate. No. 819. (Area 152. Year 1980. Register 252.). Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico. Division del Registro Demográfico. Accessed 3 February 2019.
5. Carmelo Rosario Natal. Ponce En Su Historia Moderna: 1945-2002. Published by Secretaría de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2003. p. 58.
6. Certificate of Marriage. Certificate issued on: 2 January 1923. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 3 February 2019.
7. Juan Luis Bossio (sic) in the Puerto Rico, Social and Population Schedules, 1935-1936. Ponce, Puerto Rico, Barrio Segundo. Household number 294. Line Number: 75. Accessed 3 February 2019.
8. See also "1930 United States Federal Census."
9. Ciudad de Ponce y Playa. (Map) Antonio Calcionado, Jr., Archivo Digital Nacional de Puerto Rico. (Archivo General de Puerto Rico Mapoteca. Colección José Enamorado Cuesta.) March 1940. Accessed 15 October 2018.
10. Luis Fortuño Janeiro. Album Histórico de Ponce (1692-1963). Page 172. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuño. 1963.
11. Death Certificate. No. 819. (Area 152. Year 1980. Register 252.). Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico. Division del Registro Demográfico. Accessed 3 February 2019.
12. Death Certificate. No. 819. (Area 152. Year 1980. Register 252.). Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico. Division del Registro Demográfico. Accessed 3 February 2019.
13. 959 F.2d 1103. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jose TORMOS-VEGA, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Juan Luis BOSCIO, Defendant, Appellant. (Nos. 88-2235, 89-1253 and 89-2022. United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. 21 Jan. 1992.) Archived 16 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 December 2009.

See also

• Ponce, Puerto Rico
• List of Puerto Ricans

Further reading

• Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 12. Item 59. LCCN 92-75480
• Juan Diez de Andino. "Estampa Ponceña." Andanzas y perfiles. San Juan, Puerto Rico. s.n. 1969. pp. 144-147. (CUC/CUTPO/PUCPR/RUM)
• Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 173. Item 880. LCCN 92-75480
• Carnaval de Ponce: programa. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 196x? - . Includes photos. (Archivo Histórico Municipal de Ponce, AHMP; Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO)
• Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 332. Item 1657. LCCN 92-75480
• Ponce. Informe anual de actividades administrativas y fiscales sometido a la Honorable Asamblea Municipal de Ponce por el Honorable Alcalde de Ponce, año fiscal 1963-64. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 1964? - . Includes photos. (Archivo Histórico Municipal de Ponce, AHMP; Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO)

Political offices
Preceded by Carlos Juan Cintrón	Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico 1961–1964	Succeeded by Eduardo Ruberté Bisó