Background
THOMEN, Luis Francisco was born in October 1912 in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.
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Luis Francisco THOMEN
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Doctor of Medicine, University de Santo Domingo, 1936.
Career
Director, Manicomio Padre Billini, 1939-1940. Physician, Hospital Ramfis, 1940-1941. Director of laboratories, 1941-1943, and professor., school of medicine, University de Santo Domingo.
Director, division of malaria, national department, of public health, 1941-1946. Delegate, Congress of American Public Health Assns., Atlantic City, 1941, 8th Pan American Child Welfare Congress, Washington, 1942, 5th International Health Conference of Directors of Public Health, Washington, 1944, Medical Conference of Caribbean Health Authorities, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1944, World Health Conference, 1946. Under-secretary of health an public welfare, 1943-1944, secretary, 1944-1947.
Ambassador to the United States, since 1947. Master of Science in tropical medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1938. Doctor of Public Health, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, 1943.
Membership
Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Public Health Association, American Society of Tropical Medicine, Society of American Bacteriologists, Population Association of America, Inter-American Statistical Institute.
