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Herminio Portell Vilá was a prolific writer and scholar. He was born in Cárdenas, Cuba, in 1901 and died in Miami, Florida, in 1992. He earned a law degree at the University of Havana in 1927 and a degree in philosophy in 1934. He was a Guggenheim fellow from 1931–1933. He was professor of history and military history in Cuba, and during the 1930s he was a visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles; University of Florida; and at Black Mountain College. He also gave lectures at the University of Chicago, George Washington University, the National War College, the Inter-American Defense College, the U.S. Army War College, and the Foreign Service Institute in Washington D.C. Portell Vilá also served as the Latin American Radio Editor for the American Security Council (1967–1982) and writer/editor for The Voice of America and Radio Free Americas, which broadcasts information services to Latin America. As a writer, he wrote more than twenty books about Cuban history and published articles for several magazines such as Bohemia Libre. Even into his late eighties, Portell Vilá was participating in two daily radio programs on international affairs, publishing articles, and giving lectures around the country.

Edwina Glenn Garfield was born on the 24th of July, 1895, and died at the age of 91 on the 24th of August, 1986. She was married to a grandson of President James Garfield, James A Garfield III, son of James R. Garfield. She divorced him in 1930. Very little is known about Dora F. Welti save that she is believed to have died in 1962. Her birthdate is unknown.

Abel González Melo is a Cuban dramatist, writer and teacher. Born in 1980 in Havana, Cuba, González studied Theater Arts at the Universidad de las Artes de Cuban, graduating in 2002. He is the recipient of various prizes and awards for his literary and theater works, including the Premio Primer Concurso de Dramaturgia de la Embajada de España(2005) for Chamaco, one of González's most recognized works.

Opened in September 1920 in Havana by educator Hiram Ruston, The Ruston Academy was considered the premiere American school in Latin America. Originally focused on providing an English college-preparatory education for the children of American expatriates in Cuba, it quickly grew into a bilingual academy with a multinational student body. In the 1940s, Ruston expanded to include an elementary school, business preparatory program, basic English classes for Cuban students, and a boarding school, with enrollment measuring at roughly 750 students. In 1955 Ruston moved to a new, larger campus in Havana.

The school was founded by retired English teacher Hiram Hall Ruston and his sister Martha Ruston, of Princeton, Indiana. Mr. Ruston served as headmaster from 1920 to his death in 1946, after which James Baker took over the school's administration. James and his wife Sibyl inherited ownership of the school and converted it into an educational non-profit foundation.

Ruston Academy was closed down by the Castro government in 1961. Its former location was used as a public school, storage facility, homeless shelter, and military intelligence facility by the Cuban government.

The Ruston-Baker Educational Institution (RBEI) was founded in 1992 by James Baker and former members of the Ruston Academy Board of Directors, with the goal of reopening Ruston Academy following the collapse of the Castro government. The RBEI maintains a network of alumni located across the globe. Sibyl Baker died in 1993 and James Baker died in 2001. Their sons, Dennis and Chris, remain active in RBEI activities and organizing alumni reunions.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation's 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The mission of IMLS is to inspire libraries and museums to advance innovation, lifelong learning, and cultural and civic engagement. The organization provides leadership through research, policy development, and grant making.

The Office of the Registrar is charged with the overall responsibility for activities relating to course registration, students' academic records, course scheduling and enrollment and academic systems maintenance.

The School of Communication was established as a separate unit of the University in 1985. It had previously been a department in the College of Arts and Sciences. In addition to its various degree programs, its responsibilities include the student newspaper the Miami Hurricane, the Ibis yearbook, the radio station WVUM, the Bill Cosford Cinema, and the UMTV cable system. In 2001 the various divisons of the School were able to move into one location in the new Frances L. Wolfson Building.

The Ungar Computer Center houses the University's central computing facilities. In addition to the mini and microcomputers located at various units on each campus, there are over 40 computer labs (both IBM and Apple) in residential colleges, libraries, and schools; and campus networks including network connectivity in each dorm room, and gateways to national and international networks.

The Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET) was a non-profit regional library cooperative which partnered with member libraries to create, access and manage information while buildingand sustaining collaboration, enhancing library and technology operations, and increasing buying power. Established in 1973, SOLINET later merged with another organization and was renamed LYRASIS in 2009.

George "Curley" Edwards was a UM student and member of the very first football team, which was formed in 1926.

Edward Thaddeus "Tad" Foote (born December 15, 1937) served as the fourth president of the University of Miami from 1981 through 2001. A graduate of Yale University and Georgetown University Law Center, he served as dean of the law school at Washington University in St. Louis from 1973 to 1980. Foote was appointed UM president in March 1981. Under his leadership, undergraduate admissions and academic standards were raised, top faculty recruited, and major private and government funding secured for research and permanent facilities.