Background
Dengo, Gabriel was born on March 9, 1922 in Heredia, Costa Rica.
Dengo, Gabriel was born on March 9, 1922 in Heredia, Costa Rica.
Bachelor of Science, University Costa Rica, 1944. Bachelor, University Wyoming, 1945. Master of Arts, University Wyoming, 1946.
Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy in Geology, Princeton University, 1949.
Research associate, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1950;
geologist, Direccion de Geol, Ministerio de Minas e Hidrocarburos, Venezuela, 1950-1952;
geologist, Union Oil Corporation California, 1953-1962;
consultant, Organization of American States, 1962-1964;
deputy secretary general, Permanent Secretariat Central America Economics Integration Treaty, 1964;
member research staff, Central America Research Institute Indist. Technology, 1965-1970;
associate director, Central America Research Institute Indist. Technology, 1970-1975;
director, Central America Research Institute Indist.
Technology, 1975-1979;
consultant, Ministry Energy & Mines, Venezuela, 1979-1980;
consultant, Guatemalan Electrification Institute, 1981-1989;
technical manager, Control Research Institute Industrial Technology, Guatemala City, Guatemala, since 1989.
Fellow Geological Society of America. Member Mineral Society of America, American Association Petroelum Geologists (Halbourty Human Needs award 1995), German Geological Association, Society Economic Geologists.
Married; children: Juan G., Carlos, Alejandro.