Background
BRENES MESÉN, Roberto was born on July 6, 1874 in San José, Costa Rica.
BRENES MESÉN, Roberto was born on July 6, 1874 in San José, Costa Rica.
Educated Liceo de Costa Rica, 1886-1892, Escuela de Derecho, 1896, University de Chile, 1897— 1900.
Professor; professor, 1900-1902. Director, Colegio San Luis, Liceo de Heredia, 1905-1908. Undersec. of public edn., 1909-1911, minister, 1912-1914, 1917-1918.
Minister to Washington, District of Columbia, 1914-1915. Director, Escuela Normal, 1916. Bureau of Public Information, New York, 1918.
Professor. Romance languages, University of Syracuse, N.Y., 1920-1926, Northwestern University, 1926-1939, professor, emeritus, since 1939, Member Academy, of I’olit. Science, Association of Political Science, Phi Sigma Iota.
Member Academy Española, M.L.A., A.A.U.P.