Juan R. Torruella

Birth Name: Juan Rafael Torruella del Valle

Date of Birth: June 7, 1933

Place of Birth: San Juan County, Puerto Rico

Date of Death: October 26, 2020

Place of Death: San Juan County, Puerto Rico

Ethnicity: Puerto Rican

Juan R. Torruella was a Puerto Rican jurist. He served as a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, from October 4, 1984 to October 26, 2020, and Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, from August 3, 1994 to June 15, 2001. He was the first Hispanic to serve on the First Circuit.

Juan was the son of Belen Del Valle-Goenaga and Juan Nepomuceno Alfredo Torruella Y Casals.

Juan’s paternal grandfather was Juan N Torruella Molina Torruella Y Casals (the son of Juan Nepomuceno Torruella y Andino and Teresa Molina y León).

Juan’s paternal grandmother was Emilia Casals Besosa (the daughter of Francisco Alfredo Casals Aguayo and Francisca Josefa Besosa Rodríguez).

Juan’s maternal grandfather was Rafael Del Valle Sarraga (the son of Nicolás Del Valle and Belén Sárraga Rengel).

Juan’s maternal grandmother was Belen Goenaga Fuertes De Del Valle (the daughter of Dr. Francisco Rufino de Goenaga Olza and Maria Mercedes Fuertes Charbonnier).

Source: Obituary of Juan R. Torruella – https://www.findagrave.com