Hernandez, Ramón, 1940-

Born in San Antonio, Texas in 1940, Ramón Hernández graduated from Breckenridge High School. He entered the United States Navy in 1960 and worked as a photographer for naval intelligence because he spoke five languages. During his naval career, he sidelined as an actor and photographer for Spanish-language celebrity magazines. When he retired from the U.S. Navy in 1983, he worked as a publicist for rising Hispanic entertainers and wrote freelance articles on Tejano artists. He founded the Hispanic Entertainment Archives and in 1990, he published the Texas Entertainment Directory.

From the description of Oral history interview with Ramón Hernández, 1996 [videorecording]. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 441329621