context: About 40 hours after he had been formally inaugurated, Hevia resigned early Thursday morning in favor of Mendieta.
source: Hevia, who was also a surgeon, had been the first Cuban national to graduate from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, as a member of the Class of 1920.
reference_original: Хевиа, хирург по профессии, стал первым кубинцем, окончившим Военно-морскую академию США в Аннаполисе в 1920 году.
reference_flipped: Хевиа, хирург по профессии, стала первой кубинкой, окончившей Военно-морскую академию США в Аннаполисе в 1920 году.