Background
Romo, Luis Armando was born on February 12, 1925 in Ambato, Ecuador. Son of Luis Antonio and Ana Dina (Saltos) Romo.
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Romo, Luis Armando was born on February 12, 1925 in Ambato, Ecuador. Son of Luis Antonio and Ana Dina (Saltos) Romo.
Bachelor of Science, Michigan State University, 1949; Master of Science, Michigan State University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1954.
Research associate, Pennsylvania State University, 1955; research scientist, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1955-1962; chemical research director, Lab Indiana Farm Equatorica, Quito, Ecuador, 1963-1966; professor, U. Control, Quito, since 1963; dean, U. Control, Quito, 1970, 88-92; research director, ESPE, Ecuador, since 1994. President science and technical committee Organization of American States, 1985-1987, president commission to grant Bernardo Houssay award, 1985, 87, 88, 90.
Member American Chemical Society, International Society Surf Science, Exact Science Society Quito (president since 1983), Comunidad CentÃfica Ecuatoriana (founder 1982-1986), Sociedad Ecutoriana de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (founder, president 1980-1986), Sigma Xi.
Married Eva Edith Rother, March 6, 1955. Children: Dina, Luis, German, Ernesto.