Enrique de MARCHENA

Background

MARCHENA, Enrique de was born on October 13, 1908 in Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic.

Education

Educated Escuela Normal Superior de Santo Domingo. Bachelor of Laws, University de Santo Domingo, 1929. Fellowship, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1932.

Career

Chief, international service, 1938-1940. Secretary general, land courts, 1932-1934. Director general, radio station HIN, since 1940.

Vice-president, administrative council, district of Santo Domingo, 1943-1945. Delegate, International Labor Conference, Philadelphia, 1944, 4th Inter-American Press Conference, Bogotá, 1946. Vice-president, University de Santo Domingo, 1945, professor, in law school, since 1945.

Director general of fine arts, 1945-1947. Under-secretary of foreign affairs, since 1948.

Membership

Fellowship, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1932. Member: Ateneo Dominicano, Society de Estudios Folklóricos, Society de Autores y Compositores, Rotary (ex-president), Casino de Güibia (president), Club de la Juventud, Academy, de Artes y Letras.

Connections

Father:

Enrique de Marchena Damirón

Mother:

Herminia Dujarrie

Spouse:

Sarah Alicia de Marchena

child:

Enrique Eduardo MARCHENA

child:

María Isabel Josefina MARCHENA