Ángel Menuel Martín Taboas (June 18, 1918 – October 27, 2023) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, appointed by Governor Luis A. Ferré in 1971, after having served as Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury, or "Hacienda".
Biography
Born in Corozal, Puerto Rico, Martín Taboas obtained a bachelor's degree in economics in 1939 and an MBA in 1940, both from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating from the Army ROTC he went in 1940 to active duty in the United States Army, and was sent to Fort Benning for advanced officer school. He served as Military Aide to Governor Rexford Tugwell during World War II and actually lived in the Governor's Mansion, "La Fortaleza". After the war, he continued in government service and obtained his law degree in 1953 from the Tulane University Law School.
Martín Taboas served as Secretary of Treasury of Puerto Rico from 1970 until 1971.
Martín Taboas was appointed to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico and served as an Associate Justice for eleven years until his retirement in 1982.
Married to the former Carmen Viola García, he was the father of University of Puerto Rico law professor and former Senator Fernando Martín, the Executive President of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP).
Martín Taboas turned 100 in June 2018,[1] and died on October 27, 2023, at the age of 105. He was buried at the Puerto Rico National Cemetery in Bayamón, Puerto Rico[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Meet Wharton's Oldest Living Alumnus". Wharton Magazine. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ↑ "Fallece Ángel Martín Taboas, exjuez del Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico". El Nuevo Día. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ↑ Shah, Rizwan (1 November 2023). "In Memoriam: Legal Titans Ángel Martín Taboas and C. LeRoy Hansen". BNN. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
Sources
- La Justicia en sus Manos by Luis Rafael Rivera, ISBN 1-57581-884-1