Background
SIMONSEN, Roberto was born on February 18, 1889 in Santos. Son of S. M. Simonsen and Robertina Cochrane Simonsen.
banker Industrialist and engineer
SIMONSEN, Roberto was born on February 18, 1889 in Santos. Son of S. M. Simonsen and Robertina Cochrane Simonsen.
President of the Companhia Constructora de Santos and of the Companhia Santista de Habitaçôes Económicas. Director of the Companhia Brasileira de Crédito Hypothecario. Partner of Murray, Simonsen & Cia. of Sâo Paulo.
President of the Engineering Institute of Sâo Paulo and of the CouncU of the Federation of Industries of the State of Sâo Paulo. Director of the Centro das Industrias of the State of Sâo Paulo. Vice-president of the Superior Council of the School of Sociology and Politics of the State of Sâo Paulo.
Member of the Administrative Board of the Misericordia Hospital of Sâo Paulo. Formerly director-general of the Prefecture of Sâo Paulo and chief engineer of the Santos Improvements Commission. Representative of the State of Sâo Paulo on the Brazilian Commercial Mission to England, 1919.
Brazilian delegate to the International Cotton Congress of Paris, 1919. Professional delegate to the Constituent Assembly of Rio de Janeiro, 1933.
Member Brazilian commercial mission to England, 1919. Member, federal board of foreign commerce, and trade union levy commission. Member, state board of economics expansion, consultive board for coordination of economics mobilization, national board of industrial and commercial policy.
Member: Academy Brasileira de Letras, Institute Histórico e Geográfico, Academy Paulista de Letras, Academy Portuguesa da Historia, Clube de Engenharia, Society Brasileira de Economía Política (member board of directors), Institute de Engenharia, Institute de Organizagáo Racional do Trabalho, American Society of Civil Engineers, Institute Brasileiro de Pesquisas Económicas, Society Capistrano de Abreu, Institute Brasileiro de Geografía e Estatistica.
Married Rachel Cardoso Simonsen. Children: Roberto, Eduardo, and Victor Geraldo.