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The Center for Advanced International Studies was established in 1964 with responsibility for coordinating and developing work in the international field among the various schools and department of the University, conducting interdisciplinary gradute courses leading to graduate degrees, and conduction interdisciplinary research in international affairs.

Walter Tennyson Swingle was born the first child and only son of John Fletcher and Mary Astley Swingle, a young farm couple in Canaan Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania on January 8, 1871. Due to a fall in property values in the Panic of 1873, the family moved to Manhattan, Kansas where Swingle grew up along with his sister Miriam.

His interest in botany started as a young boy when he was fascinated by the many different plants he saw. When nobody knew their names, he would make them up until he found out that one could look them up and he acquired a copy of Gray's Manual of Botany from Kansas State Agricultural College nearby. Through this he became proficient at systematic botany even before he had any formal education on the subject. At the age of fifteen he enrolled at Kansas State agricultural College and came to be under the tutelage of Professor William A. Kellerman, who encouraged him in his work. By 1891 Swingle had already published 21 scientific papers with Prof. Kellerman in addition to six papers on his own accord.

In 1891 Swingle was offered an appointment by Dr. Beverly T. Galloway, Chief of the Section of Vegetable Pathology of the United States Department of Agriculture, and, as soon as he started working, he was sent to do a survey of the citrus fruit growing areas of Florida, sparking a lifelong interest in citrus. In 1894, due to a harsh freeze in Florida that caused major damage to the citrus industry and to his own work in Florida, Swingle took the occasion to study the German literature in his field at the University of Bonn. There he also carried out studies in plant cell structure, proving the existence of the centrosome in plant cells, research which he continued at the Marine Zoological Institute in Naples, Italy. In the fall of 1896, due to the volume and value of his published work and research, Kansas State Agricultural College awarded him a Master of Science degree.

Swingle continued to work for the U.S.D.A. until July, 1898 when he once again took leave to study in Europe, and there met his future wife, Mlle. Lucie Romstaedt, his French tutor. They were married on June 8, 1901. It was during this time that he started his research on the date palm and was put in charge of developing the U.S. date industry. Lucie Swingle died of typhoid in 1910, and, as a result of her death, Swingle worked even harder.

In 1911, Swingle met Maude Kellerman, daughter of Prof. W.A. Kellerman when she traveled to Washington. An accomplished botanist herself, she understood his work and they were eventually married on October 2, 1915. They eventually had four children. From this point on his life was devoted to perusing a variety of interests, including citrus, dates and developing the Orientalia Collection of the Library of Congress. It was during this time that he collaborated with Michael J. Hagerty, a self-taught Chinese translator for the U.S.D.A. in translating Chinese botanical accounts, focusing on subjects that helped him in his research for the U.S.D.A.

Swingle was a valued member of many societies and clubs both in America and Europe. Included among these were the Cosmos Club, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Soci‚t‚ Nationale d'Horticulture de France to name a few. In addition he had also received a honorary doctorate from Kansas State Agricultural College in Science for his life's work.

In January, 1941 Swingle retired from the Department of Agriculture but remained as Collaborator to the Department as well as Consultant in Tropical Botany at the University of Miami, a position he held until his death in Washington, D.C. on January 19, 1952.

Nicolás Quintana was born in 1925 in Havana, Cuba, son of prominent architect Nicolás Quintana, who was the head of the firm of Moenck & Quintana in Havana. The younger Quintana followed in his father's footsteps and enrolled in the School of Architecture at the University of Havana in 1944, where he was greatly influenced by modernist architects such as Walter Gropius and José Luis Sert.

By 1950, Quintana was the head of his father's architectural firm and began to participate in the Junta Nacional de Planificación (Board for National Planning), where he was involved with an urban planning initiative created by architect Nicolás Arroyo. One of his final projects while in Cuba was in 1958, planning for the new construction of the Banco Nacional de Cuba, but the project went unfinished due to the rising tensions during the Cuban Revolution. Following public disagreement with Cuban Revolutionary leaders, Quintana left Cuba with his family in 1960.

In exile, Quintana first lived in Venezuela and then Puerto Rico, where he continued working as an architect. In 1986 he moved permanently to Miami, Florida, where he was a professor in the School of Architecture at Florida International University (FIU) until his retirement in 2010. During his time at FIU, Quintana led the "Habana y sus paisajes" (Havana and its landscapes) project as an initiative to develop plans for saving the architectural heritage of Havana and suggesting steps towards developing urban and rural areas during future reconstruction in Cuba. Quintana died in Miami in 2011.

All activities related to commencement ceremonies are managed by the Office of Commencement of the University of Miami.

The ceremonial mace in the collection of the University Archives was donated by the Office of Commencement of the University of Miami in 2010.  It is a symbolic weapon to protect the ideals of truth, justice, and leaning carried at the head of the academic procession during the commencement ceremony by the Grand Marshal, whose symbolic duty is the protection of the University, its people, and its processes.

There are no documents on the ceremonial maces used by the university in the past and present, but the Archives assumes that the item donated was the second mace used from 1950s to 1980s.  Historical images of the first and second maces are available in the University of Miami Historical Photograph Collection.

According to the Office of Commencement, the current mace dates back to 1986, which was sculpted by UM professor of art William Ward.

University Communications provides communications, marketing, and public relations services that advance the University of Miami’s mission as well as its reputation and identity as a leading academic and research institution. Through its communications to the media and the print and electronic materials it produces, it disseminates information about the programs, research, and activities of the University to external and internal audiences. The division also handles online social networking as well as video and new technology projects.

University Communications provides communications, marketing, and public relations services that advance the University of Miami’s mission as well as its reputation and identity as a leading academic and research institution. Through its communications to the media and the print and electronic materials it produces, it disseminates information about the programs, research, and activities of the University to external and internal audiences. The division also handles online social networking as well as video and new technology projects.

Juan Arcocha (1927-2010) was a Cuban journalist and writer active in the late 20th century.

Arcocha was an initial supporter of the Cuban Revolution, working as a correspondent for the communist newspaper Revolución in Moscow in the 1960s. He broke ties with the regime over the unfair incarceration of Cuban political prisoner Heberto Padilla, exiling himself to Paris in 1971.

In addition to his prolific literary work, Arcocha served as an interpreter throughout his career, facilitating the meeting between Cuban communist officials and Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir during the philosophers’ visit to Havana in 1960. He would eventually work as an interpreter for the United Nations and its Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), as well as acting as the press attaché for the Cuban Embassy in Paris. He died in Paris in 2010.

"Mr. Louinis is the founder and artistic director of the well-known Louinès Louinis Haitian Dance Theater, Inc. He has been teaching and choreographing Haitian dance for over fifty years. He was the principal dancer and choreographer of The National Folkloric Troupe of Haiti. As the lead dancer and choreographer of Troupe Bacoulou of Mrs. Odette Wiener, Haiti, he toured Puerto Rico, St Thomas, St Croix, Washington DC and Canada.

In the USA, he started his dance career as an Associate Professor at the College of Staten Island, CUNY, NY teaching Afro-Haitian dance, Jazz, Modern Dance. He was a member of the Jean-Leon Destine Dance Foundation, Ltd, NY, special grant programs for schools and community organizations and a member of All Nations Dance Company, NY. Mr. Louinis has traveled widely, teaching Haitian and Katherine Dunham Technique. He has performed at numerous dance, music, and cultural festivals throughout the U.S.A., as well as in Cuba, Martinique and other countries. More recently, he has taught Caribbean dance technique & culture at Florida International University as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Dance." –Louinès Louinis Haitian Dance Theater website

Louinès Louinis Haitian Dance Theater's performances often featured the following dances:

-Kongo Dance: The Kongo dance expresses the character of the ethnic group after which it was named, the Congos of Africa. This dance is symbolic of beauty and love. It is celebrated in honor of Erzulie Freda. It is considered one of the most beautiful dances in all the Haitian folklore. This dance belongs to the Congo dance family which includes Kongo Payèt or Siye, Kongo Fran.

-Market Dance: In the Caribbean market, people walk many miles to the nearest marketplace to exchange goods and services. It is also a meeting place where young men go to flirt with the girls.

-Dance pinyik: This is the most common of the “Banbòch,” the pure pleasure dances.

-Dance Juba or Martinique: This is a dance in honor of Zaka, the peasant spirit. The elegance of the peasant man and the flirtation of the peasant woman characterize it.

-Bal Champèt: In the countryside, under the thatched roofs, to the sounds of the flutes and the drums, the peasants still dance the contra-dance.

-Dance Zaka: This dance could also be called “dance of agriculture” because it is executed in honor of Zaka, the peasant spirit. The warmth and the simplicity that emanates from the dancers make this dance fascinating.

-Nago Dance: This dance derives its name from the Nagos. It is a war dance in honor of “Ogun”. This is a war dance in honor of “Ogun,” war spirits. In executing this dance, it seems that the dancer is trying to tear the body apart, throw it into space, in search of a mystic or magic force.

-Plantation Dance: In the island of Haiti, plantation time is one of the most important tasks in the farmer’s life. First, he has to prepare his field, then plant the seeds and finally, after a long wait, he has to organize the harvest or “Kombit”. In this scene, while the men are working, the women prepare food and coffee to bring to the field. They also bring more seeds for the farmers.

-Flag Dance: This original choreography commemorates the creation of the Haitian flag on May 18th, 1803 in the city of Arcahaie. The music, entitled Fierté Haiti, is well known to Haitian since it has always been sung by students throughout the country during Flag Day festivities. Music: Tardieu | Words: Desec Batisse

-1804: Military march written for the independence of Haiti in 1804 by Oxide Jeanty. This choreography was created by Louinès Louinis to immortalize the strength and the pride of our ancestors.

-Dahomen Zèpòl: This is a mixture of the dances Vaudou and Yanvalou. It is executed in honor of all the divinities “Rada”. The dancers present a fast and harmonious movement of the shoulders.

–Dance descriptions by Lucrèce Louisdhon-Louinis

Established in 1980, the Cuban American Certified Public Accountants Association is a nonprofit organization of certified public accountants united in common heritage and interest, sharing a commitment to the highest standards of professional and ethical conduct.

Dr. Harold J. Humm was a visiting scientist from Duke University here at the UM's Institute of Marine Science in 1961 - 1962, in the Division of Biological Sciences.  He studied algae epiphytic on turtle grass, and taught a class in tropical marine algae in the Spring Semester of 1962.  Dr. Humm was the mentor of Dr. Harding Michel during her years at Duke University.

Ernesto González is a a Cuban-born writer of alternative fiction, poetry, essays and short stories, active since the last quarter of the 20th century.

Sara Yaballi, a nurse, graduated from the University of Havana in 1934. She worked with the Consejo Nacional de Tuberculosis and later with the rector of the University of Havana. She arrived in Miami in July 1961 to escape the communist regime in Cuba. Sara Yaballi was hired by Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh in 1961 to be the head nurse at the Matecumbe Camp in Florida until the camp closed in October 1962. She later worked at Mercy Hospital and in private practices until her retirement in 1991.

Operation Pedro Pan was the largest migration of unaccompanied minors in history, totaling more than 14,000 children who immigrated to the United States from Cuba under the auspices of the Catholic Welfare Bureau from 1960-1962. Masterminded by Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh, James Baker with Cuban notables Ramon and Polita Grau among many others, they worked to secure visa waivers for the children to leave Cuba. Once in the United States, Monsignor Walsh organized the housing of those children with no relatives or friends to stay with, resulting in various notable Camps around the Miami Area, most notably Camp Matecumbe, while many other children were relocated to various other homes and schools throughout the United States.

Operation Pedro Pan Group, Inc. is the charitable organization founded in 1991 by the unaccompanied minors who came to the United States from Cuba from 1960-1962. Operation Pedro Pan was the largest migration of unaccompanied minors in history, totaling more than 14,000 children who immigrated to the United States under the auspices of the Catholic Welfare Bureau. Masterminded by Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh, James Baker with Cuban notables Ramon and Polita Grau among many others, they worked to secure visa waivers for the children to leave Cuba. Once in the United States, Monsignor Walsh organized the housing of those children with no family or friends to stay with, resulting in various notable Camps around the Miami Area, most notably Camp Matecumbe. Operation Pedro Pan Group, Inc.’s mission to repay the kindness shown to them motivates their continuing events and charities.

Harold Abbott Butler (1895-1983) was born on May 25 in Mansfield, Massachusetts, to Lucius Abbott Butler and Annie Bird Morton Butler. After graduating from Mansfield High School in 1913, he attended Brown University. He graduated in 1917 with a degree in Electrical Engineering and began working with General Electric Company (G.E.) in Schenectady and Pittsfield in eastern New York. His work at G.E. later helped him obtain a position with the Havana Electric Railway Company in the early 1920s.

While living in Cuba, he met his wife, Ofelia Salazar Roges, and the two married on July 4, 1928. Their first child, Billy, was born in 1929 and their second child, Kenny, was born two years later. Like his father, Billy later became an engineer. Butler was an active member of the American Club of Havana, where he socialized with other Americans living in Cuba. He also joined the Havana Biltmore Yacht and Country Club.

Harold Butler retired from a successful career with the Cuban Electric Company in 1956. He left Cuba in 1964 due to the country's post-revolutionary political and social climate, living in Miami until his death in July 1983.

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