Jaime L. Drew

Jaime L. Drew
Born	Jaime Leopoldo Drew Henriquez 16 September 1876 Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died	14 April 1948
Nationality	Puerto Rican
Occupation	Educator, civil servant, writer, and engineer
Spouse(s)	Maria Mercedes
Children	Marcial and Pedro Delgado

Jaime Leopoldo Drew Henriquez (16 September 1876 – 14 April 1948) was an early twentieth-century Puerto Rican educator, civil servant, writer and engineer from Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Jaime Leopoldo Drew Henriquez was born in Barrio Playa, Ponce, Puerto Rico, on 16 September 1876, the son of Carlos M. Drew, a Dominican, and Matilde Henriquez, a Puerto Rican woman born in Naguabo. He lived in Ponce until age seven, when his family moved to the Dominican Republic. His family moved back to Ponce when Drew was eleven, and a year later, he moved to England where he completed his elementary and high school training.

After completing his high school training, he entered Wesleyan College of the University of London where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Arts and Civil Engineering, graduating cum laude. He studied in London, England at Oxford University, becoming the first Puerto Rican to graduate from that university.

After completing his Engineering degree, Drew practiced engineering in Puerto Rico and Venezuela. However, he became interested in the teaching profession instead. His first teaching jobs were in economically deprieved rural areas of the Puerto Rican country side, including Adjuntas. He subsequently moved to Ponce to teach in schools in Ponce's urban zone. His teaching subjects included physics, English as a second language, French, and Spanish. Drew spent his life teaching at the Ponce High School, starting under its first principal, Chales H. Terry. He spent 15 years teaching at the Ponce High School, and during his spare time he also taught courses at various business schools in Ponce.

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