Background
Pérez, Galo René was born on April 3, 1923 in Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador. Son of Santos Eduardo Pérez and Adela Etelvina Cruz.
Pérez, Galo René was born on April 3, 1923 in Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador. Son of Santos Eduardo Pérez and Adela Etelvina Cruz.
D. of laws, Center University, Quito, 1948. Graduate in literature, University Chile, Santiago, 1949.
Administration director, Presidency of Nation, Quito, 1952-1953; professor summer school, Superior Institute Montevideo, Uruguay, 1957; under secretary education, Presidency of Nation, Quito, 1964-1965; professor literature, U. Pittsburgh, 1965-1966; professor literature, University of Virginia, Fredricksburg, 1967-1971; general secretary, Council Governor, Quito, 1972-1974; president, Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, Quito, 1974-1979; director, Academy Spanish Language, Quito, 1985. Professor Academy Diplomacy Secretary Foreign Rels., Quito, 1987. Honorary fellow Society Spanish and Spanish American Studies, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1993.
Candidate for Mayor of Quito, 1988. Member Real Academy Española, Patriotic Commemoration, Celebration of V Centenary of the American Discovery.
Married Laura Georgina Granja, December 28, 1944. Children: Marisela, Fabián, Galo, Rodrigo, Mireya Pérez Granja.