Ramón H. Dovalina
| Ramón Humberto Dovalina, Sr. | |
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Dovalina picture as he visits the LCC campus in 2010 for the groundbreaking cerenibt of the Rodney Lewis Education and Academic Center.
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| Born |
July 13, 1943 Laredo, Webb County, Texas, USA |
| Residence | Austin, Texas |
| Alma mater |
Martin High School |
| Occupation | President of Laredo Community College (1995-2007) |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Mary Louise Campos Dovalina (divorced) |
| Children | Ramón Dovalina, Jr. Patricia Anita Evans |
| Parent(s) | Fernando, Sr., and Anita Treviño Dovalina |
| Relatives |
Vidal M. Treviño (cousin) Don Tomás Sánchez |
Martin High School
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
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)
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). 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.
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