Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer

Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer
Born	September 12, 1916 Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died	October 7, 2011
Place of burial	Las Mercedes Cemetery in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army Army National Guard
Rank	Major General
Commands held	3rd Battalion 296th Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars	World War II Korean War
Other work	Dean of Pontifical Catholic University School of Law.

Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer (1916 – 2011) was a Lawyer, Rotary District Governor for Puerto Rico, a United States' Veteran of two wars, and a retired Major General in the Puerto Rico National Guard.

Military career

Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer was a United States Veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Cuprill Oppenheimer enrolled in the Army ROTC program and graduated in 1940. By 1941-1942 Cuprill Oppenheimer took a temporary leave of absence from attending the University of Puerto Rico School of Law when he was asked to serve in the U.S. Army during World War II as a 2nd Lieutenant in Company "L" 65th Infantry Regiment. By 1946 World War II had ended, and at 30 years old and with the rank of Major honorably left the military service that year to resume the pursuit a law degree and his law career.

After obtaining his license to practice law from the United States Supreme Court and in 1947, his law practice was temporarily interrupted again from 1950-1953 when Cuprill Oppenheimer was asked to return to military active duty with the Puerto Rico National Guard during the Korean War. During the Korean War Cuprill Oppenheimer commanded the 3rd Battalion of the 296th Infantry Regiment (note: the 296th was mobilized on September 14, 1952 so that it could provide replacements to its sister company deployed in Korea). Cuprill Oppenheimer later became the Commanding Officer of the Henry Barracks Army base in Cayey, PR where United States' draftees were trained before shipment to the Korean War as replacements to the 65th Infantry Regiment.

Retired from the Puerto Rico National Guard with the rank of Major General.

Law Career

In addition to his military career, Cuprill Oppenheimer was admitted to the practice law in Puerto Rico in 1947 by the United States Supreme Court (note: at the time the Bar Examination and admission process was such that upon graduation of law school, an individual candidate had to undergo an extensive oral examination administered by each individual Puerto Rico Supreme Court Justice, and upon passing the Bar Exam, the U.S. Supreme Court would admit and confer upon the successful candidate a license to practice law in Puerto Rico). Cuprill Oppenheimer was also admitted to the United States Supreme Court Bar. As previously noted his law career was interrupted twice when he had to answer the call by the United States to proudly serve our nation during WWII and the Korean War. He was rewarded for his sacrifices by having a successful law practice ind in good standing with the legal community for well over 50 years. Cuprill Oppenheimer is well known for his appellate work (Property law and Administrative law) and for being responsible for having being instrumental and influential in setting landmark jurisprudence with the Puerto Rico Supreme Court in a multitude of his cases argued before the P.R. Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Academia

He earned his bachelor in political science from the University of Puerto Rico in 1940 and his Juris Doctor from the UPR school of law in 1947.^[1]

He served three terms as Dean of Pontifical Catholic University School of Law. He was one of the Founders, and a Trustee Emeritus, of the Ponce School of Medicine, a two time president of Phi Sigma Alpha^[2] and "Hermano Emeritus" Medal holder^[3] of the Fraternity.

In 1950 he was one of the founders of the Gamma-Boriquen chapter of Fi Sigma Alpha fraternity.^[4] He was a co-founder, of the El Vigia Rotary Club and was appointed to Government Committees by all the elected Governors of the Commonwealth Puerto Rico. He was also Chairman of the PR Electoral Reform Commission. He was a member of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.

Legacy

The Charles R. Cuprill Oppenheimer Award is given to the Graduate Student with the Most Outstanding Grade in the Administrative Law Course.

Cuprill Oppenheimer is a Law Professor Emeritus of the Pontifical Catholic University of School of Law.

The Federalist Society Chapter of the Pontifical Catholic University School of Law is named after Charles R. Cuprill Oppenheimer.

Keeping up with Cuprill Oppenheimer's law legacy his three sons Charles Alfred, Hector Rambel, Sr., and Raymond Warren became attorneys as well. Cuprill Oppenheimer's oldest grandson Hector R. Cuprill, Jr. and his youngest granddaughter Diana I. Cuprill further continued his legacy by pursuing law careers--one practices law in the Orlando Metro Area, Deland, Florida, and the other in the San Juan Metro Area, Puerto Rico.

His oldest son attorney Charles A. Cuprill Hernandez, Chapter 11 U.S. Bankruptcy Attorney, is involved in the sport of horse racing and a winner of the Pennsylvania Breeder's Award, an avocation passed from father to son.

Awards and decorations

Badges:

Combat Infantryman Badge

Personal Life

Cuprill Oppenheimer married Lidia M. Hernandez. He was married to Lidia for over 60 years. They had three children named Charles Alfred, Hector Rambel, and Raymond Warren. He loved all his 7 grandchildren (Marilu, Natalie, Hector, Mercedes, Charles, and Diana) and great grandchildren dearly. He enjoyed the simple things in life and loved company. He enjoyed the passage of time with friends and family at "Monticello" (how he affectionately called his farm up in the majestic mountains of Puerto Rico). He was an avid world traveler with his wife Lidia. They traveled extensively from Alaska and Continental U.S. through Central and South America, to Israel, through the Middle East, Asia, and through Japan.

References

↑ "Phi Sigma Alpha Presidents". pucpr.edu. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
↑ "Phi Sigma Alpha Presidents". fisigmaalfa.org. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
↑ "Phi Sigma Alpha Medals". fisigmaalfa.org. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
↑ "Gamma Boriquen website". fisigmaalfa.org. Retrieved 2008-08-17.

External links

Biography of Charles R. Cuprill

Phi Sigma Alpha Presidents

Sigma Delta Alpha	Santos P. Amadeo, 1928 Juan Figueroa Rivera, 1929 Manuel Rodríguez Ramos, 1930 Charles Henry Juliá Barreras, 1931 Rafael Baragano, 1932 Carlos García Méndez, 1933

Phi Sigma Alpha Zone	Aurelio Torres Braschi, 1934 Ramón Gandia Bizcombe, 1935 Juan Figueroa Rivera, 1936 Juan Figueroa Rivera, 1937 Pedro E. Purcell Rodríguez, 1938

Sigma Fraternity	Pedro E. Purcell Rodríguez, 1939 Raúl Méndez Cardona, 1940 Raúl Méndez Cardona, 1941 Miguel Ángel Quiñónez,1942 Miguel Ángel Quiñónez, 1943 Herman Stubbe, 1944 Juan Francisco Martínez, 1945 Juan Figueroa Rivera, 1946 José Luís Purcell Rodríguez, 1947 Hugo David Storer Tavarez, 1948 Hugo David Storer Tavarez, 1949 Carlos Luis Yordan Zeppendfeldt, 1950 Hugo David Storer Tavarez, 1951 José Luís Pont Flores, 1952 Humberto Monserrate Anselmi, 1953 Humberto Monserrate Anselmi, 1954 Mario Rubén García Palmieri, 1955 Mario Rubén García Palmieri, 1956 Manuel García Fortuño, 1957 Herminio Brau del Toro, 1958 Herminio Brau del Toro, 1959 Humberto Monserrate Anselmi, 1960 Humberto Monserrate Anselmi, 1961 Ariel Mendez Cardona, 1962 Jose A. Antonmattei, 1962 Richard Casas Rahola, 1962 Hugo David Storer Tavarez, 1963 Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer, 1964

Phi Sigma Alpha Fraternity	Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer, 1965 Luis Carrillo Correa, 1966 Luis Carrillo Correa, 1967 Victor M. Díaz Bonnet, 1968 Américo Gonzalez Garcia, 1969 Américo Gonzalez Garcia, 1970 Carlos Rafael Jimenez Muñoz, 1971 Carlos Rafael Jimenez Muñoz, 1972 Pedro J. Córdova Pelegrina, 1973 Pedro J. Córdova Pelegrina, 1974 Carlos Felípe Vega Cortes, 1975 Carlos Felípe Vega Cortes, 1976 René Torregrosa Nolla, 1977 René Torregrosa Nolla, 1978 Antonio Edwin Zapata Labiosa, 1979 Servando Díaz, 1980 Servando Díaz, 1981 Jorge Amaury Rodríguez, 1982 Rafael Plá Arteaga, 1983 Juan Díaz Morales, 1984 Guillermo Silva Janer, 1985 Guillermo Silva Janer, 1986 Nelson Biaggi García, 1987 Américo González García, 1988 Ricardo Cruz Lebrón, 1989 Ricardo Cruz Lebrón, 1990 Fernando Castro Urrutia, 1991 Miguel A. De Jesus Garcia, 1992 Miguel A. De Jesus Garcia, 1993 Rafael Annexy Rexach, 1994 Rafael Annexy Rexach, 1995 Luis Bartolomé Rivera Cuebas, 1996 Luis Bartolomé Rivera Cuebas, 1997 Felix J. Rodriguez Arroyo, 1998 Felix J. Rodriguez Arroyo, 1999 Sergio Dominguez Wolff, 2000 Sergio Dominguez Wolff, 2001 Oscar Larry Hernandez, 2002 Jose R. Abrams Chaves, 2003 Rafael Annexy Rexach, 2004 Giordano R. San Antonio Tort, 2005 Giordano R. San Antonio Tort, 2006 Miguel De Jesús Olivieri, 2007 Miguel De Jesús Olivieri, 2008 John Stewart Sotomayor,2009 John Stewart Sotomayor,2010 Luis R, Estades Maldonado, 2011 Ricardo Negron Yunque, 2012

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