Puerto Rico"s contributions to learning, the arts, education, civic reform, and statesmanship have won renoun far beyond her shores -- and long before the Caribbean island becaue part of the US in 1898. Today, both on the mainland and the island, PR have attained success in many fields. Here you will meet some of them including Carmen Maymi, Roberto Clemente, Luis Pales Matos, Herman Badillo, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Luis Mufios Rivera, Luis Munos Marin, Teodoro Moscoro, Miriam Colon, Julio del Valle, Concha Melendes, Justino Diaz, Jaime Benitez and more.