Gertie Besosa-Silva


General Information


Occupation: Architect

Date of Birth: 1923

Date of Death: 1983

Birth City: Santurce

Birth State/Province: Puerto Rico

Birth Country: United States

Archive/Repository: Archive de Arquitectura y Construccion de la Universidad de Puerto Rico

Sources: "Panorama: Gertie Besosa-Silva" by Giovanna Riggio in 1999 ; http://www.periferia.org/3000/pgertie.html


Specialties


No specialties on record


Jobs


Employer: Henry Klumb

Title: Architect

City: San Juan

Notes: Authority of Homes of Puerto Rico


Employer: Division of Site Planning for Insular Authority of Homes

Title: Architect/leader


Employer: Department of the Interior of Puerto Rico

Title: Architect


Collaborators


Name: Rafael Carmoega

Project: Casino of Puerto Rico

City: San Juan


Apprenticeships



Awards


No awards on record


Exhibitions


No exhibitions on record


Notable Projects


Title: Design of new facilities of Casino of Puerto Rico

City: San Juan

End Date: 1944

Notes: First prize while at Cornell University (aid)


Title: Guerra-Mondrago'n Building

City: San Juan


Education


Institution: Cornell University

Department: Architecture

End Date: 1945

Notes: First Puerto Rican woman to earn this degree


Licensing


License: License

Organization: Government of Puerto Rico

Date Awarded: 1945


Professional Affiliations


Organization: "Evigol, honorary association of women architects at Cornell University"

Role: President

End Date: 1944


Organization: "Governing Body of the School of Architects, Engineers and Surveyors"

Role: First woman to belong to the governing body

End Date: 1945


Publications By


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Publications About


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