Background
Nunez, Solón was born on April 29, 1885 in San Jose, Costa Rica. Son of Jose P. and Juana (Frutos) Nunez.
Nunez, Solón was born on April 29, 1885 in San Jose, Costa Rica. Son of Jose P. and Juana (Frutos) Nunez.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Liceo de Costa Rica, 1902. Doctor of Medicine University of Geneva, 1916. Student of public hygiene, Johns Hopkins, 1921.
December 20, 1906; children—Radko Emilio, Cynthia de Villa franca. Visitor and inspector, public schools, Costa Rica, 1902-1909. Professor girls high school, Costa Rica, 1906-1909.
Physician and surgeon, Auxiliary Hospital of St. Louis, Lyon, France, 1915-1916. Head of sanitary services, Costa Rica, 1917-1936, 43-48. Assistant director, Department of Ankylostomiasis (under Rockefeller Foundation), 1917-1922.
Sub-secretary of State, Costa Rica, 1922-1925. Minister of health and public welfare, Costa Rica, 1925-1936, 43-48. Minister of education (ad interim), 1943.
Delaware to Medical Conference, Habana, 1922. Costa Rican representative to League of Nations on tour of observation regarding European public health activities, 1925. Delegate to Sanitary Confs., Lima, Peru, 1927, Buenos Aires, 1934, Rio de Janeiro, 1942, 46.
Costa Rican delegate to Hosps. and Tuberculosis Congress, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1929, 2d International Conference of Dirs. of Public Health, Washington, 1931, 3d, 1936. International Congress of Medicine, Rio de Janeiro, 1946 (served as vice president of congress). Commissioned by Rockefeller Foundation to study sanatorium and tuberculosis organization in the United States, 1931, sanitary organization of Panama and Antilles, 1934, sanitary organization in other Central American countries, 1934.
President Costa Rican Board of Education, 1920 and member superior council of public education, since 1920. President Costa Rican Board of Physicians, Costa Rican Red Cross. Member of the board of directors Pan American Sanitary Bureau.
Author: Ankylostomiasis in Costa Rica, 1921, Sanitary Organization of Costa Rica. Costa Rican Sanitary Legislation, 1922-1936, 1940-1948.
Member of the board of directors Pan American Sanitary Bureau. Member Pan American Medical Association, International Leprosy Association, Lima National Academy of Medicine. Member American Association of Public Health, American Journal of Tropical Medicine.
Member Cooperating Association of America Concord, Costa Rican Red Cross. Club: International Rotary (vice president, 1934).
Married Oliva Rojas. Children: Radko Emilio, Cynthia de Villa franca.