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The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
María Eloísa García Etchegoyhen de Lorenzo
To laugh often and much,
to win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children,
to leave the world a bit better,
to know even one life had breathed easier
because you had lived, that is to have succeeded.
(Adapted from an original verse by Bessie Anderson Stanley)
was a success
Montevideo Uruguay
Who was
María Eloísa García Etchegoyhen de Lorenzo? Citizen of Uruguay
Wife of Dr. Juan Carlos Lorenzo
Mother of two daughters:
Mariel Lorenzo and Isabella Lorenzo-Hubert
Mother of two sons:
Juan Carlos Lorenzo and Marcos Lorenzo
Pan American Grace: Eloísa with Marcos and Isabella
With her husband, Dr. Juan Carlos de Lorenzo, on a visit to Maryland, U.S.A.
Education
Teacher’s College, Montevideo, Uruguay
1941: B.A. in Education
1944: Specialization in Teaching Exceptional Children
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1948: M.A., Clinical Psychology
Sought-after international speaker
Tireless champion for families of
people with disabilities
Consultant to the United Nations, UNESCO,
World Health Organization, UNICEF, CEPAL
Pan-American Health Organization
At Work
Eloísa, inspired speaker
joie de vivre
Sample of Positions
1966-1987
Chief of the Mental Retardation (now Special Education and Preschool) Unit of the Inter-American Children’s Institute, a specialized agency of the Organization of American States. Montevideo, Uruguay
1986-1990
President of the International League of Societies for Persons with Mental Handicap. Brussels, Belgium
1992
Chair, Inter-American Committee on Education (OAS)
Good Friends
Good Cheer
HONORS1966 Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation Award
1976 Leadership Award, American Association on Mental Deficiency, Chicago, Illinois
1977 Award of Merit, President’s Committee on Mental Retardation
1985 Distinguished Achievement Award (Service in Mental Deficiency), International Association for
the Scientific Study of Mental Deficiency
HONORS
1988 Eloísa de Lorenzo Award is established by the Directing Council of the Inter-American Children’s Institute (IACI)
1988 Andrés Bello Inter-American Education Award Organization of American States (OAS)
1991 Spirit of the Special Olympics Award
1994 School Complex in Montevideo named for María Eloísa García Etchegoyhen de Lorenzo
1996 Regina Sophia Award, presented by Queen Sophia of Spain in Madrid, Spain.
On a visit to the University of Kansas Life Span Institute Beach Center on Families and Disability
SALUD
AMIGOS!
Let us have a toast….