Luis Stefani Raffucci was a long time Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. [1]
He was born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. His father was a Corsican immigrant. [1]
Raffucci studied engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [1] He was a member of the Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity. [2] [3]
The faculties of Agriculture, Engineering and Science were created under his direction. [4]
The General Engineering building at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez bears his name. [1] The most important award that the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez gives to any graduate is the Luis Stefani Award. A street in the Hostos neighborhood in Mayagüez is named in his honor.