[2] He later studied Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, there he joined the Beta chapter of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity.

The reason for the tie was that some PPD senators such as Lionel Fernández Méndez voted in blank.

[5] From 1968 till 1972 he was the Minority Leader in the Senate, but after the 1972 elections Carlos Romero Barcelo supported José Menéndez Monroig to be selected to that position instead.

In 1984 he switched to the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) after a bitter internal fight with Carlos Romero.

[7] He died in September 1995 at the age of 77 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.