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Santiago Oppenheimer Van RhynAccording to Fay Fowlie de Flores (''Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada.'' Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 330. Item 1650. ), Santiago Oppenheimer's second last name was Bettini. (23 May 1869 – ca. 1930) was the Mayor of
Ponce, Puerto Rico Ponce (, , , ) is both a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government. Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 1 ...
in 1906. He was also a member of the House of Delegates of Puerto Rico. Oppenheimer was born in Ponce on 23 May 1869. His parents were Carlos Juan Oppenheimer-BettiniCarlos Juan Oppenheimer-Bettini (b. ca. 1839 (1869-30 =1839)) was likely brother of Santiago Oppenheimer Bettini (b. ca. 1843), who was the son of Guillermo Gustavo Oppenheimer and Ysabel Bettini, married Enriqueta Dalmau, and had 5 children: Jaime, Ysabel, Enriqueta, Jorge, and Angelina (See: Eli D. Oquendo Rodriguez. ''A Orillas del Mar Caribe: Boceto histórico de la Playa de Ponce, desde sus primeros habitantes hasta principios del Siglo XX.'' 2017. page 159.) and Ana Van Rhyn Mitchell. He married Isabel Fugurull and they had a son named Alfonso. There is a historic house in Ponce named Casa Oppenheimer.


Mayoral term

Several sources state that Oppenheimer was the Ponce mayor who received U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt during his trip to Puerto Rico on 21 November 1906.''President in Island, Porto (sic) Ricans Cordial: he tells them he will work to have them made citizens.''
New York Tribune. New York, NY. 22 November 1906. (Vol. LXVI, No.21921) Page 1.


Honors

In Ponce, there is a street in Urbanización Las Delicias of Barrio Magueyes named after Oppenheimer.


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List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico This is a list of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico's southern economic center, the island's second largest and second most important city. From 1692 to 1840, the office of mayor in Ponce was filled either by local hacendados or by military office ...
* 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. 244. Item 1240. * Luis Munoz Rivera. "Consummatum est." ''Obras Completas: prosa, febrero, 1889 - diciembre, 1890.'' San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. pp. 154-157. (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. 330. Item 1650. * Santiago Oppenheimer Bettini. ''Informe al pueblo de Ponce y al Gobernador de Puerto Rico sobre las gestiones administrativas y el estado de la Hacienda municipal durante el año económico de 1905 a 1906 por el alcalde de la ciudad. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Tipografía de El Ideal Católico. 1906. (Archivo Histórico Municipal de Ponce) * 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 1655. * Santiago Oppenheimer Bettini. ''Informe al pueblo de Ponce y al Gobernador de Puerto Rico sobre las gestiones administrativas y el estado de la Hacienda municipal durante el año económico de 1905 a 1906 por el alcalde de la ciudad.'' Ponce, Puerto Rico: Tipografía de El Ideal Católico. 1906. (Archivo Histórico Municipal de Ponce) * 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 1655. * Ponce. Oficina del Alcalde. ''Al pueblo de Ponce y el Hon. Gobernador de Puerto Rico.'' Tipografía Baldorioty. 1902-1906. (Universidad de Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras.) {{DEFAULTSORT:Oppenheimer Van Rhyn, Santiago Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico 1869 births 1930s deaths Year of death uncertain