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Andrew Kaufman is a photographer/photojournalist based in Miami Beach. He has traveled across more than 40 countries, and has worked for a diverse set of clients including Outdoor Life, Time, Newsweek, ESPN and National Geographic Adventure. He has worked in a number of genres, including travel photography, photojournalism and photographic portraits. His recent work documenting the street art of Wynwood resulted in the publication of I'm In Miami Bitch! The Disappearing Street Art of Wynwood.

Andrew Kaufman is a photographer/photojournalist based in Miami Beach. He has traveled across more than 40 countries, and has worked for a diverse set of clients including Outdoor Life, Time, Newsweek, ESPN and National Geographic Adventure. He has worked in a number of genres, including travel photography, photojournalism and photographic portraits. His recent work documenting the street art of Wynwood resulted in the publication of I'm In Miami Bitch! The Disappearing Street Art of Wynwood.

A native of Romania, Miami sculptor Constantin (Ticu) Emil Aramescu (1914-66) came to the United States in 1948. He received a law degree from the University of Bucharest and an art degree from American University. He held a position in the Foreign Law Division of the Library of Congress for six years and also worked as a commercial photographer in New York City.

Ticu Aramescu travelled widely, studying art in the museums of Spain, France, England and Italy. He created sculptures with electronic parts. He later included natural materials, drift wood and burnt wood pieces, combined with metals, in order to produce structures that reflected the influence of his native Romania and his interest in Eastern philosophy.

Galleries exhibiting Ticu Aramescu's works include the Norton Gallery, Miami Beach Art Center, the Lowe Art Gallery, and others. Aramescu received the second place prize in sculpture at the 1962 Miami Springs Art Festival. He was a member of the Florida Sculpture Association and worked with Free Radio Europe.

The work of Constantin Aramescu appears in the permanent collection of the Norton Gallery in West Palm Beach and at Drury College in Springfield, New Jersey.

Georgeta (Gigi) Aramescu Anderson, Ticu Aramescu's sister, was born in Romania in 1910. She received a law degree from the University of Grenoble, France, and studied art at the Art Student's League of New York. She worked as a teacher and lecturer and established a reputation for her painting.

Her work, influenced by the folklore and popular style of Romania, is considered to be "of major significance to the contemporary art scene and important to the preservation of Romanian Culture." Gigi Aramescu had individual exhibitions of her works in Florida and New York and her paintings were also shown with Ticu's sculptures.

Gigi Aramescu received over twenty awards in local, regional and national exhibitions, including the National Juried Exhibition, the Four Arts Society, Palm Beach, and the Lowe Art Gallery, University of Miami. Her paintings remain in the permanent collections of the Norton Gallery, Miami Museum of Modern Art, Lowe Art Gallery and a number of collections in Austria, Italy, France, Spain, Turkey and other countries.

A native of Romania, Miami sculptor Constantin (Ticu) Emil Aramescu (1914-66) came to the United States in 1948. He received a law degree from the University of Bucharest and an art degree from American University. He held a position in the Foreign Law Division of the Library of Congress for six years and also worked as a commercial photographer in New York City.

Ticu Aramescu travelled widely, studying art in the museums of Spain, France, England and Italy. He created sculptures with electronic parts. He later included natural materials, drift wood and burnt wood pieces, combined with metals, in order to produce structures that reflected the influence of his native Romania and his interest in Eastern philosophy.

Galleries exhibiting Ticu Aramescu's works include the Norton Gallery, Miami Beach Art Center, the Lowe Art Gallery, and others. Aramescu received the second place prize in sculpture at the 1962 Miami Springs Art Festival. He was a member of the Florida Sculpture Association and worked with Free Radio Europe. The work of Constantin Aramescu appears in the permanent collection of the Norton Gallery in West Palm Beach and at Drury College in Springfield, New Jersey.

Georgeta (Gigi) Aramescu Anderson, Ticu Aramescu's sister, was born in Romania in 1910. She received a law degree from the University of Grenoble, France, and studied art at the Art Student's League of New York. She worked as a teacher and lecturer and established a reputation for her painting. Her work, influenced by the folklore and popular style of Romania, is considered to be "of major significance to the contemporary art scene and important to the preservation of Romanian Culture." Gigi Aramescu had individual exhibitions of her works in Florida and New York and her paintings were also shown with Ticu's sculptures.

Gigi Aramescu received over twenty awards in local, regional and national exhibitions, including the National Juried Exhibition, the Four Arts Society, Palm Beach, and the Lowe Art Gallery, University of Miami. Her paintings remain in the permanent collections of the Norton Gallery, Miami Museum of Modern Art, Lowe Art Gallery and a number of collections in Austria, Italy, France, Spain, Turkey and other countries.

Dr. Bowman Foster Ashe was the first President of the University of Miami from 1926 to 1952. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in economics in 1912 from the University of Pittsburgh, taught English and history in public schools, and later received an appointment to the University of Pittsburgh's faculty and administration. The University awarded Dr. Ashe an honorary LL.D. degree in 1927 for his many achievements.

Bowman Foster Ashe, first president of the University of Miami, served from 1926 to 1952. Born in 1885, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh. After graduation, he took a job teaching English and history in public school. Ashe also worked as the educational/social director of Langeloth, a model town near Pittsburgh. Ashe’s work eventually led him back to the University of Pittsburgh where he became a faculty member and supervised the admission, transfer and academic progress of freshmen and sophomores.

The founders of UM hired Ashe from Pittsburgh to oversee the institution during its challenged infancy. In 1929, with the collapse of the economy, UM's financial plight was severe, but Ashe held it together almost single-handedly during the dual hardships of the land boom failure in Florida and the Great Depression. During Ashe's presidency, the University added the School of Law (1928), the School of Business Administration (1929), the School of Education (1929), the Graduate School (1941), the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (1943), the School of Engineering (1947), and the School of Medicine (1952). He took over as Chairman of its Board of Trustees in 1929, but later gave up that role and continued as President until 1952, the year of his death.

The Burgert Brothers were successful commercial photographers in the Tampa area, whose business ran from the mid-1880s until the 1960s.

Carlos Catasús Bertot was a 20th century Cuban literary figure. He was part of the editing and managing team for the short-lived Cuban magazine, Acento (Bayamo, Oriente,1947-1948).

Sarah María Catasús was a 20th century Cuban literary figure, who also went by the pseudonym "Nubia."

The Collazo family members were commercial agents that worked in Cuba during the nineteenth century.

Historian Bailey Diffie specialized in medieval and early modern Portuguese history, as well as in that of colonial Brazil and Latin America. Bailey taught at City College in New York, Columbia University, the University of Washington, and the University of Texas. His major publications include Puerto Rico: A Broken Pledge (1945), Latin American Civilization: Colonial Period (1945), Prelude to Empire: Portugal Overseas before Henry the Navigator (1960) and Foundations of the Portuguese Empire, 1415-1580 (1977). Diffie's teaching career as well as his influential work, Latin American Civilization established a significant place for him in the field of Latin American Studies.