Background
DELBOY, Emilio was born on March 19, 1891 in Lima, Peru.
DELBOY, Emilio was born on March 19, 1891 in Lima, Peru.
Educated University de San Agustín (Arequipa), University de San Marcos. Doctor of Letters, 1915.
Secretary, customhouse of Iquitos, 1905-1906. Commandant, river boat Inamhari, 1909. Commissary, Rio Manu, 1910-1911.
Editor, El Sur, and director, Gil Blas, Arequipa, 1912-1915. Editor and secretary editorial staff, La Prensa, Lima, 1916-1921. Latin American editor, Associated Press, New York, 1923-1928.
Chief, Latin American department, North American Newspaper Alliance, New York, 1929-1930. Under-secretary, Presidency of the Republic, 1934-1935. Prefect, department, of Madre de Dios, 1936.
Federal deputy for province of Tambopata, 1939-1945. Former correspondent in Lima of La Nación, Buenos Aires, and in New York of A Noite, Rio de Janeiro. In 1942, invited to Great Britain to appraise war conditions and carried a message from the Peruvian Cámara de Diputados to the House of Commons.
Was guest of the State Department, United States of America, on his return.
Member Society Geográfica, Asociación Nacional de Periodistas, Comité de Protección a la Naturaleza, Club Lawn Tennis, Masons.
