Davila, Carlos Guillermo

1887 - Born in Los Ángeles, Chile on the 15th of September to Luis Dávila and Emilia Espinoza.

1907 - Graduated from the University of Santiago, Chile.

1911 - Entered Law School at the University of Chile.

1914 - He dropped out in school to work for newspaper "El Mercurio", of Santiago.

1917-1927 - Established and directed "La Nación" of the same city.

1932 - He founded the Chilean magazine, "Hoy".

1927-1931 - Served as Chilean Ambassador to the United States.

1929 - Received an honorary LL.D. from Columbia University.

       - Another honorary LL.D. from the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles.

1932 - He was a member of the Government Junta and for several months provisional President of Chile.

1933 - He was the visiting Professor of International Law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, under the auspices of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

1940 - Chilean Representative to the Inter-American Financial and Economic Advisory Committee.

      - Became the author of the "Dávila plan", which created the Inter-American Development Commission.

1941 - Received the Maria Moors Cabot Award from Columbia University.

1943-1946 - He served on the Council of UNRRA.

1946 - Served as a member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

1949 - He authored and published the "We of the Americas".

1954-1955 - Served as secretary-general of Organization of American States (OAS).

1955 - He died on 19th of October while serving as Secretary General of the OAS.