Jorge Pierluisi Diaz

Pierluisi Diaz was started as a lieutenant in the United States Army.^[2] He worked as a construction inspection, chief inspector, and civil engineer in the Design Department of the Army Antilles Engineers, part of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.^[3] He became a general contractor and developer who constructed hospitals, hotels, housing, industrial buildings, office buildings, and shopping centers in Puerto Rico.^[3]

He was the Secretary of Housing of Puerto Rico under the administration of Governor Carlos Romero Barceló, between 1977 and 1984.^[3][1] He then became a mediator, and arbitrator and was a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association.^[3][2]

Pierluisi Diaz was a president of the Puerto Rican chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America, who awarded him the Alejandro Herrero Award.^[3][2] He also belonged to the Puerto Rican College of Engineers and Surveyors.^[3]

Pierluisi Diaz married Doris Herlinda Urrutia Renta on June 16, 1951. They had four children, Caridad, Doris, Jorge, and Pedro.^[1] Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia was Governor of Puerto Rico from 2021 to 2025.^[2] When Doris was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2013, Pierluisi Diaz became her caregiver.^[1]

Pierluisi Diaz died on May 26, 2023, at the age of 95 after being hospitalized for several days.^[4][1] He was buried in the Puerto Rico National Cemetery in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.^[2]