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MARÍNorth VICUÑA, Santiago was born on November 28, 1871 in Louisiana Serena, Coquimbo. Son of Ventura Marin del Solar and Carmen Vicuña de Marín.
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As engineer Senior Marin has served in the Department of Public Works, in the construction of fortifications on the coast, on the Boundary Commission between Chile and Argentina, with the staff of the state railways (entrusted with the construction of the Longitudinal Railroad from Choapa to Ulapel), and for many years was engineer of the Department of Internal Revenue. He has also served as assessor for bank loans and has acted as Chilean representative on foreign commissions and in scientific congresses. Among these may be mentioned: the Pan-American Congress at Santiago, 1909.
International Scientific Congress, Buenos Aires, 1910.
South American Railway Congress, Rio de Janeiro, 1922. Fifth Pan-American Congress, Santiago, 1923.
Educational Tour of Highways in the United States (by special invitation), 1924. Third South American Railway Congress, Santiago, 1929.
After his retirement he was named by the government commercial attaché ad honorem to Sweden.
Member of the most important engineering societies of Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Perú. Société d’Études et d’Expansion, Belgium. Academia de Ciencias Económicas de España.
Academia de Ciencias Económicas de Chile.
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Married Isabel Correa de Marin. Children: César, Santiago, Ventura, Serjio, and Carmen.
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