Background
Machado, Luis was born on September 25, 1899 in Guanabacoa, Cuba. Son of Luis and Maria L. (Ortega) Machado.
Machado, Luis was born on September 25, 1899 in Guanabacoa, Cuba. Son of Luis and Maria L. (Ortega) Machado.
Student Candler College, Havana, Cuba, 1916. Bachelor of Arts, Institute Havana, 1917. Degree civil law, University Havana, 1920, degree public law, 1922.
Director, national accident prevention council, 1941, committee for inter-American commercial arbitration, 1942, council for inter-American intellectual co-operation, 1942. Delegate, United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, Bretton Woods, 1944, International Civil Air Conference, Chicago, 1944, 3d International Radio Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 1945. President, 1st conference for development of Cuban economy, 1944.
President, 1st International Air Transport Conference, Havana, 1945. Ambassador to the United States, since 1950. Doctor of Law, University de La Habana, 1920.
Author: The Platt Amendment, 1922. International Legislation of the Air, 1923. Necessity for the Adoption of a Policy on Foreign Trade, 1929.Cuba, the Cork Island, Essay on Cuban Economy, 1936. Cuban Fiscal Index, 1944.
Member: Rotary (ex-president in Havana, district governor in Cuba, ex-director of Rotary International), Young Men's Christian Association (ex-president), Asociación de Amigos de la Ciudad (ex-president), Colegio de Abogados, Círculo de Amigos de la Cultura Francesa, Institute Cubano de Derecho Internacional, Unión Club, Vedado Tennis Club, Havana Yacht Club, Country Club, Miramar Yacht Club (ex-president), Havana Biltmore Yacht and Country Club, American Club, British Club, Society Geográfica de Cuba, Patronato Pro-Urbanismo de Cuba, Institute de Estudios Económicos y Sociales (Mexico).
Married Genoveva Silva y Murray, February 7, 1925. Children: Irene (Mistress Julio Castellanos), Elena (Mistress Andreas F. Lowenfeld), Natalia (Mistress Agustin Maruri).