WILSON GARCES, Diplomat, Official. Deputy Director, Research & Development Branch, Center for Housing, Building & Planning, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations. First Prize for Design, Municial School, Quito, 46. Sociedad de Ingenieros y Arquitectos del Ecuador; InterAmerican Planning Society.
Education
Colegio Nacional Bolivar, Ecuador, 1932-1938, Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Surgery Mathematics. Universidad Central, Quito, 1939-1945, Degree in Civil Engineering. Illinois Institute, Institution of Technology, Chicago, 4648, Master of Science City Planning.
Spoken languages: Spanish, English.
Career
Deputy Director, Research & Development Branch, Center for Housing, Building & Planning, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations since 1974. Chief, Planning Section(s), Center for Housing, Building & Planning, 6574. Senior Officer, Planning Section(s), 1959-1965.
Town Planning Consultant, United Nations Technical Assistance Program(s), Lebanon, 1956-1958. Senior Officer, Center for Housing, Building & Planning, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 1954-1956. Planning Consultant, Hahn, Wise & Association, United States, 1953-1954.
Senior Planner, Private Housing Corporation, New York & El Salvador, 1952-1953. Town Planning Consultant, United Nations Technical Assistance Program(s), El Salvador, 1951-1952. Professor of Town Planning, School of Architecture, Central University, Quito, 1948-1951.
Director, Reg Planning Office, Ecuador, 1948-1949. Planning Director for Quito, 1948-1949. Designer, Architectural Firms, Chicago & Quito, 1943-1948.
Membership
Sociedad de Ingenieros y Arquitectos del Ecuador. InterAmerican Planning Society.