Background
AMADEO, Tomás was born on September 25, 1880 in Dolores, Province of Buenos Aires. Son of Octavio Amadeo and Ana Marcenaro de Amadeo.
AMADEO, Tomás was born on September 25, 1880 in Dolores, Province of Buenos Aires. Son of Octavio Amadeo and Ana Marcenaro de Amadeo.
Educated Colegio del Salvador and Colegio Nacional Central, Buenos Aires. Agricultural Engineer, University Nacional de La Plata, 1903. Juris Doctor, University Nacional de Buenos Aires, 1921.
Director general of Agricultural Education, 1915-1922. Dean of the Faculty of Agronomy of the University of La Plata, 1923. Vice-dean of the Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires, 1920.
Member of the Superior Councils of the Universities of Buenos Aires and La Plata, 1918. Delegate of the Argentine government to the International Institute of Agriculture, Rome, 1922. President of the Argentine Social Museum, 1930.
President of the Argentine Chamber of Commerce, 1933. Initiated and founded the Círculo de Obreros of La Plata, the Cooperativa Agricola of Alejo Ledesma (Province of Córdoba) and of the Argentine Social Museum of Buenos Aires. Professor of rural economy in the Faculty of Agronomy of the University of La Plata, 1909—1933, and in the Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Scipresent (1934) professor in the Faculty of Law of Rio de Janeiro, and legal adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Member board of directors, Banco Hipotecario Nacional, vice-president in 1941. Member: Centro Nacional de Ingenieros Agrónomos (près.), Liga Nacional de Empleados Civiles (vice-president), Academy Nacional de Agronomía y Veterinaria, Academy de Ciencias Morales y Políticas, Jockey Club, Rotary, Chamber of Commerce (exprès.).
Married Alirra Frers. Children: Tomás Octavio.