José Luís Purcell Rodríguez

José Luís "Wiso" Purcell Rodríguez, (December 1, 1914, Bayamón, Puerto Rico – February 6, 1996, San Juan, Puerto Rico)[1] A former judge in the Superior Court of Puerto Rico, founded the Puerto Rico Volleyball Federation.

He was one of the founders and first president of the Puerto Rican Volleyball Federation.[2] He was president of the Volleyball Federation from 1958 to 1962. He was a member of the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games organizing committee.[3] He was a member and president of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity.[4]

Legacy

In 1986 he was inducted to the "Directorio Inmortale" of the Puerto Rican Sports Hall of Fame.[5]

References

"José Luis (Wiso) Purcell Rodríguez 1914-1996 - Ancestry®". Ancestry.com.
Historia del Voleibol en PR (PDF) (in Spanish). Puerto Rico: Puerto Rican Volleyball Federation. pp. 4–9. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
"Fue Hace 27 Años. X Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). Puerto Rico. June 13, 1993. Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
"Capitulo Eterno". fisigmaalfa.org. Archived from the original on 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
"Directorio de Inmortales" (in Spanish). Pabellón de La Fama Del Deporte Puertorriqueño. Retrieved July 23, 2013.

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 García Palmieri, 1955 Mario 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 Ricardo Negron Yunque, 2013 Yussef Galib Fiol, 2014 Yussef Galib Fiol, 2015 Yussef Galib Fiol, 2016 Yussef Galib Fiol, 2017 Yussef Galib Fiol, 2018 Yussef Galib Fiol, 2019 Yussef Galib Fiol, 2020 Yussef Galib Fiol, 2021 José Antonio Soto Cintrón, 2022

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