Background
He was born in Chone, Manabi Province, Ecuador, on August 1, 1910.
He was born in Chone, Manabi Province, Ecuador, on August 1, 1910.
In 1924 he studied at the Juan Montalvo Normal School (high school) in Quito.
In 1930 he enrolled at the Central University of Ecuador to become a mathematics and physics teacher. Based on his good grades, the Ecuadorian government awarded him a scholarship to pursue his graduate studies at the Free University of Brussels and then at the Teachers College at Columbia University, New New York In 1961 he was appointed the Minister of Education by the government of Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy (in office: 1961-1963).
In 1972 he replaced Oswaldo Guayasamín as the President of the House of Ecuadorian Culture, after Guayasamín had a disagreement with General Vicente Anda Aguirre, the minister of education during the dictatorship of Guillermo Rodríguez Lara (in office: 1972–1976).
He was the Ambassador of Ecuador to Paris from 1979 to 1983, appointed by the administration of President Jaime Roldós Aguilera (in office: 1979-1981). He died on June 13, 2009.