Background
MORQUIO, Luis was born on September 26, 1867 in Montevideo. Son of José Morquio and Ana Belinzón.
MORQUIO, Luis was born on September 26, 1867 in Montevideo. Son of José Morquio and Ana Belinzón.
Professor in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Montevideo since 1895. Physician of the “Casa Cuna,” 1895- 1925. Director of the Foundling and Orphan Asylum of Montevideo, 1910— 1912.
President of the Second American Congress on Child Welfare, 1919.
Director of the International American Institute for the Protection of Children since 1927. Of the Institute of Pediatrics and Puericulture since 1930.
President of the Union International de Secours aux Enfants of Geneva since 1930. Of the Medical Congress of the Uruguayan Centenary, 1930.
Delegate to numerous other scientific congresses both in America and in Europe.
Sociedad de Pediatría of Montevideo (charter member and president, 1915-1930). Academy of Medicine of Sao Paulo. Societies of Pediatrics of Cuba, Argentina, Chile, and Brazil.
Académie de Society Française Médecine Légale of Paris (asso^ ciate).
Academies of Medicine of Rome, Rio de Janeiro, and Buenos Aires. School ciété Médicale des Hôpitaux, Société de Pédiatrie, and Société de Neurologie, of Paris.
Decorations: Officier de la Légion d’Honneur of France. Commander of the Royal Crown of Rumania.
Married Josefa Márquez. Children: María Josefa and Luis Alberto.