José Herrera Uslar
José Herrera Uslar | |
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| Born | Jose Herrera Uslar January 4, 1906 Venezuela |
| Spouse |
Clementina Velutini
(m. 1932; died 1998) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | José Herrera Carolina Uslar |
| Family | Julio Herrera Velutini (grandson) Gustavo J. Vollmer (nephew) Reinaldo Herrera (nephew) Arturo Uslar Pietri (fourth cousin) |
José Herrera Uslar (born January 4, 1906) was the son of José Francisco Herrera Manrique and Carolina Uslar Urbaneja,[1] belonging to the House of Herrera, of the founding families of the Valley of Caracas and owners of the Hacienda la Vega.
Personal life
[edit]He married Clementina Velutini Pérez (great-niece of José Antonio Velutini) and they adopted three war orphans who had taken refuge in Switzerland: José Herrera Velutini, Julio José Herrera Velutini and Christina Herrera Velutini; and they had ten grandchildren: Mercedes Clementina Herrera Titeux, José Henrique Herrera Titeux, Santiago, Diego Bernardo Herrera Titeux; Julio Marín Herrera Kolster, Carlos Alberto Herrera Kolster, José Francisco Herrera Kolster; Julio José Herrera Pacheco; Cristina María Pantin Herrera and Andrés Kochen.
Professional life
[edit]Uslar was a lawyer who founded, along with Juan Jose Mendoza, Martin Vegas, Manuel Antonio Matos, Francisco Pimentel, and others, the Progressive Republican Party (PRP) in 1936. Its purpose was to fight against extremism, social dissolution, relaxation, and opposing the spread of Marxist ideology in Venezuela.[2][3]
In 1950, as an Ambassador of Venezuela in Sweden, Uslar organized the transfer of 1,000 war orphans from Switzerland.[4] They arrived to the country in batches of 50 children, and were later brought to the colony of Catia La Mar, where they were adopted by Venezuelan families.[5]
On January 14, 1930 he founded the Basketball Federation of Venezuela.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "ancestry.com". Retrieved May 5, 2013.
- ^ Segnini, Yolanda (1990). Los Caballeros del Postgomecismo (in Spanish). Alfadil Ediciones. ISBN 9789806005983. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
- ^ Hilton, Ronald. Who's who in Latin America Part III. ISBN 9780804707268. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
- ^ Ewell, Judith (1984). Venezuela, A century of Change. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804712132. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
- ^ "Los Italianos en Venezuela". Notitarde.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
- ^ "El Baloncesto en Venezuela". Trotamundos de Carabobo. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
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