Miguel Ángel Moenck was a Cuban-born architect.
Dr. Miguel Á. Moenck | |
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| Born | Miguel Ángel de los Dolores Amado de Jésus Moenck y Peralta[2] September 13, 1890 |
| Died | August 31, 1969 |
| Nationality |  Cuban |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | Moenck & Quintana |
| Buildings |
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Early history
editMiguel Ángel Moenck was born on September 13, 1890, in Havana, Cuba.[3]
He excelled at various sports. In 1907, Moenck who studied engineering at Cornell University introduced basketball to the Havana YMCA.[4] In 1913, Moenck formed the Union of Amateur Athletics, also known as the Union Athletica de Amateurs de Cuba, in Havana.[5] Moenck was a member of the National Amateur Baseball League and also managed Atlético de Cuba, an amateur athletic club.
In the early 1920s, he enrolled at Tulane University and returned to Cuba in the mid-1920s with his architecture degree. The University of Havana employed the Tulane graduate as a professor of architecture.[citation needed]
Olympics
editHe was elected President of the newly formed Cuban Olympic Committee in 1926, and he served in that capacity until 1930, then again in 1934.[6] He was later elected to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), holding the Cuban seat from 1938 to 1969.[7] In 1953, he became the first Latin American to be elected to the IOC's executive board.
Career
editMiguel Ángel Moenck co-founded Moenck & Quintana in 1928 with Nicolás Quintana Arango, serving as co-director of the architectural firm. Among the prominent buildings designed by Moenck & Quintana are the Havana Bus Terminal, the Pro-Arte Musical Auditorium, the School of Engineering and Architecture at the University of Havana, and the Biltmore Yacht and Country Club.[8] Following the death of Nicolas Quintana Arango, his son Nicolás Quintana would eventually become co-director of the firm in 1951. The 1957 hotel Cabañas del Sol was designed by the two.[9]
Death
editMiguel Ángel Moenck died on August 31, 1969, in Havana, Cuba.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Jimenez Soler, G., & Instituto Cubano del Libro. (2006). Los propietarios de Cuba 1958. Editorial de Ciencias Sociales.
- ^ Mallon, B., Buchanan, I., & Heijmans, J. (2011). Historical dictionary of the Olympic movement (4th ed). Scarecrow Press. http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9780810875227
- ^ "Cubanos todoterreno: Miguel Ángel Moenck". cubanet.org. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ "Dan Parker Says | Evening Courier - Newspapers.com™". newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ From resistance to revolution: the struggle for control of the Cuban Olympic Committee, 1953-1964.. (n.d.) >The Free Library. (2014). Retrieved May 19, 2024 from https://www.thefreelibrary.com/From+resistance+to+revolution%3a+the+struggle+for+control+of+the+Cuban...-a0268480898
- ^ "Diez preguntas y respuestas sobre olimpismo en Cuba". jit.cu. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ "María Caridad Colón, la primera mujer cubana que integra el COI". misiones.cubaminrex.cu. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ "Cuba's Vanishing Modernity: The Architecture of Nicolas Quintana (1925-2011)". docomomo-us.org. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ "En Varadero y La Habana destruyen el patrimonio arquitectónico republicano". diariodecuba.com. Retrieved 2024-05-19.