WHAT:

Traditional installation ceremony for San Juan Postmaster and special Stamp Dedication Ceremony for the 2016 Priority Mail® Stamp featuring La Cueva Del Indio

WHEN:

Thursday March 3, 2016    10–11:30 a.m.

WHERE:

Puerto Rico Senate and House Ceremonial Chamber, Muñoz Rivera Avenue

WHO:

From the Postal Service:
Richard P. Uluski, Northeast Area Vice President of Area Operations
Lisa M. Ojeda, Caribbean District Manager
Yvonne I. Rodriguez, Postmaster of the San Juan Post Office
Juan Delgado, Caribbean District Manager of Human Resources
Elias Torres, Bayamon Letter Carrier
Dalvin Ortiz, USPS Senior Field Sales Representative
Special Guests:
The Honorable Carlos Molina Rodriguez, Mayor of Arecibo
U.S. Army Reserve Color Guard, 166 Regional Support Group, First Mission Support Command
Ana Christiana Pagan and La Escuela Libre de Musica –performing the anthems

ADDITONAL BACKGROUND:

Yvonne I. Rodriguez began her postal career in 1984 as a part-time letter-sorting machine operator in Hartford CT.  She has earned managerial positions of increasing responsibility in Puerto Rico and in New England, including past assignments as her Postmaster in Angeles, Yabucoa, as the officer in charge in Caguas, and as postmaster again in Carolina.  Her administrative duties as postmaster of San Juan will include oversight of more than 760 employees and nearly 400,000 delivery points in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. 

Ms. Rodriguez is the 20th postmaster of San Juan.  The first postmaster of San Juan was Walter K. Landis, who was appointed in June 1900 in what was then known as the Bayamon District.   That title was changed to the San Juan District in 1904 during the term of Postmaster Landis.

The 2016 Priority Mail stamp celebrates La Cueva del Indio, one of Puerto Rico’s many magical and mysterious caves. The name “Cueva del Indio,” which means Cave of the Indian or Indian Cave, comes from the great num­ber of engravings, known as petroglyphs, found on the cave’s walls. The engravings are believed to be the work of the Taino, the pre-Co­lumbian inhabitants of the island. This rich legacy from the area’s indigenous cultures earned the cave its protected status as a Natural Reserve, managed by the Puer­to Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources.

The San Juan Post Office is situated within the Postal Service’s Caribbean District, which also includes all of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.