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Hyde Park Embraces Victor Vazquez as Cultural Link
Cuban immigrant Victor Vazquez arrived in Hyde Park in 1962 with his family after a Hyde Park Methodist church sponsorship during Cuban exodus. He rose from handyman to Berlitz master instructor guiding language teaching including Swahili and German while planning a Spanish club to foster Latin American and North American cultural understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Williams
Cuba
America
Victor Vazquez
Hyde Park
Hyde Park Methodist Church
United States
Fidel Castro
Department of the Education and Welfare
HEW
Florida
Vazquez
S. Dorchester
Havana University
Anderson’s
Kimbark Plaza
Illinois Institute of Technology
IIT
Victor
Elsa
Domingo
Hyde Park Herald
Hilda
Marta
Mexico
Costa Rica
Panama
Berlitz School of Languages
Tulley High School
Chicago
Kennedy King College
Dalton
Ardmore
Oklahoma
Tulio Vazquez
Tulio
Sheridan Road
Polytechnic Institute
Argonne Hospital
University of Chicago
Teresa
Michael Reese Hospital
Illinois Wesleyan University
Palo