Background
This wife was María Virginia Pacheco Gutiérrez, daughter of José Joaquín Pacheco Cooper and Carlota Gutiérrez Urtecho. She was the daughter of Francisco of Take Carbonell i Reverter and Juana Bautista Massenet Pozo.
This wife was María Virginia Pacheco Gutiérrez, daughter of José Joaquín Pacheco Cooper and Carlota Gutiérrez Urtecho. She was the daughter of Francisco of Take Carbonell i Reverter and Juana Bautista Massenet Pozo.
When concluding his secondary studies he traveled to Belgium (1928), where graduated of doctor in Medicine in the Free University of Brussels (1934).
He also served as a pioneer pediatrician in Costa Rica. His main studies were in the School Juan Rafael Dwells and secondary the Liceo of Costa Rica in Saint José where obtained the baccalaureate. Later he specialized in pediatrics in the University of Strasbourg, and returned to Costa Rica in 1935.
He was an early pediatrician of Costa Rica.
Foreign many years he served as boss of the Section of Pediatrics at the Hospital San Juan of God, and his efforts lead to the foundation of the National Children"s Hospital, inaugurated in 1964, that today carries his name. He served as minister of Health from 1949 to 1951 and vice-president of the Republic from 1962 to 1966.
He served as interim President in 1963 and 1965, in replacement of the president Francisco José Orlich Bolmarcich. Also he was a leader in Social Insurance, professor and dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Costa Rica and president of the School of Doctors and Surgeons.
The Government of Belgium honored him in 1963 with the Order of the Crown.
He was an important criador of livestock of milk in his fincas The Jaúles, Bretaña and The Retreat, and obtained important prizes in exhibitions national and international agriculture people. He was highly respected in his country, with a reputation of generosity and delivery to his patients. He died in Saint José, Costa Rica, on 7 November 1980.
The Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica declared it benemérito of the Homeland in 1980.