The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

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The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
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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
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Montevideo Uruguay
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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
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Pan American Grace Eloísa with Marcos and
Isabella
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With her husband, Dr. Juan Carlos de Lorenzo, on
a visit to Maryland, U.S.A.
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Education Teachers 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
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? 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
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At Work
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Eloísa, inspired speaker
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joie de vivre
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Sample of Positions 1966-1987 Chief of the Mental
Retardation
(now Special Education and Preschool)
Unit of the Inter-American Childrens 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)

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Good Friends Good Cheer
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HONORS 1966 Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation
Award 1976 Leadership Award, American
Association on Mental Deficiency, Chicago,
Illinois
1977 Award of Merit, Presidents Committee on
Mental Retardation 1985 Distinguished
Achievement Award (Service in Mental Deficiency),
International Association for the Scientific
Study of Mental Deficiency
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HONORS 1988 Eloísa de Lorenzo Award is
established by the Directing Council of the
Inter-American Childrens 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.
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On a visit to the University of Kansas
Life Span Institute
Beach Center on
Families and Disability
SALUD AMIGOS! Let us have a toast.