Background
GENTA, Edgardo Ubaldo was born on August 30, 1894 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
GENTA, Edgardo Ubaldo was born on August 30, 1894 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Educated University de Montevideo, 1908-1910, school of architecture, 1918-1920. Escuela Militar, 1911-1916. School of engineering, Versailles, France, 1921-1922.
Professor, Escuela de Aplicación, 1922, Escuela Naval, 1928-1935. Professor., Escuela Militar, 192232, director of engineering courses, 1923. Chief of communications battalion, 1928-1923T.
Director, Escuela de Ingenieros del Ejército, 1933-1935. Director, Revista Militar y Naval, 1935. Chief, army inspection office, 1936.
Chief of staff, military region number 2, 1938-1940. Assistant, chief of military region number 2, 1940-1941. Inspector of engineers in the army, since 1941.
Rank of general since 1945. President, qualifications commission. Director general, Institute Militar de Estudios Superiores.
Member: Centro Militar, Grupo América (pres, in Uruguay), International Press Association. Member Federaqáo das Academias de Letras do Brasil, Círculo Militar de Bolivia, Mark Twain Society (Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America).