Frank Bonilla

Frank Bonilla
Born(1925-02-03)February 3, 1925
New York City, New York
DiedDecember 28, 2010(2010-12-28) (aged 85)
BranchUnited States Army
Unit290th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry
Battles / warsWorld War II - Battle of the Bulge
AwardsBronze Star
Other workProfessor

Frank Bonilla (February 3) was an American academic of Puerto Rican descent who became a leading figure in Puerto Rican Studies. After earning his doctorate from Harvard University, where his dissertation was supervised by Talcott Parsons, he had held faculty positions at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University and the City University of New York. He is a key figure in the establishment of the Puerto Rican Hispanic Leadership Forum and the Center for Puerto Rico Studies at the City University of New York.