Editing Rafael Hernández Colón (section)

==Early years and education==
Hernández Colón was born October 24, 1937, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, to Rafael Hernández Matos and Doraldina "Dora" Colón Clavell. Rafael and Dora married in 1934 and had three children. Rafael was the oldest. Rafael had two brothers José A. (born 1939) and César A. (1942).<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/34589375@N08/4578702018/in/photolist-7YB3Af-7YB4B1-7YB2jQ-7YxJr8-7YASES-7YxG26-7YAVzL-7YASgL-7YB1qN-7YxGVp-7YxKXM-7YASbG-7YB3Rw-7YxEBa-7YxJmX-7YAYwf-7YxHSi-7YxKMT-7YAVdw-7YxGZX-7YAVFU-7YAVRG-7YAUP3 ''Flickr picture of bench at Hernandez Colon's residence in Ponce.''] Flickr. Retrieved July 24, 2013.</ref> Hernández Colón graduated from [[Valley Forge Military Academy and College]] in [[Wayne, Pennsylvania]], then obtained a bachelor's degree in [[political science]] from [[Johns Hopkins University]] in 1956 where he graduated [[Latin honors|with honors]]. In 1959, he obtained his degree in [[law]] from the [[University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras]], graduating ''[[magna cum laude]]'' and as [[valedictorian]] of his class. Between 1961 and 1965 he was a lecturer on civil procedure at the [[Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico]] in Ponce.