Juan Alberto Donato Bradley MONTES
A man possessed of a formidable intellect, Juan Alberto was an engineer, surveyor and historian. In the 1940’s, he developed a master plan for the building of road and rail accesses to the city of Rosario that at the time of this compilation is still being built and will carry the city well into the 21st Century. He was for many years a Trustee of the Historical Society of Rosario through which journal published many articles under the name of “Alberto Montes”. As technical advisor to the National Commission on the Dulce River, he oversaw the technical details of one of the largest projects of canal and hydroelectric power utilization in the Argentine State of Santiago del Estero. And was involved in the planning of the “Ciudad Universitaria” a new campus for the University of Rosario from 1948 until 1956. In 1973-1974, he was the President of the Technological University of Rosario, and later of the National Technological University in Buenos Aires from 1974 until being deposed by the military Government that seized power in the coup of 26 March 1976. The events of 1976 led him into a self-imposed internal exile, dedicating most of his time to historical research. During the following years he established the origins of the city of Rosario in the lands of Santiago Montenegro, nullifying the fancy tales of the city’s origins that for years had been taught as historical fact.
During the years from 1976 to 1983, nearly thirty thousand people were killed or "disappeared" at the hands of the military government of Argentina. Roald had been living with Mimi, his common-law wife. She was also executed and died next to Roald and their unborn child. A man of extraordinary intelligence and warmth he was well loved by those who knew him, including the compiler, and is still sorely missed. Recent efforts seem to have located his unmarked grave in the cemetery of La Plata.
At the early age of 21, Alberto was appointed Judge in the State of Tucumán, being at that time the youngest Judge in the country. He was very active during the pro-German military Government of Generals Ramírez and Farrel from 1943-1946, being first appointed Federal Delegate to the Province of La Rioja, Governor to the Province of Tucumán, and Minister of Justice and Public Instruction (Secretary of Justice and Education). During the pro-Fascist Government of General Juan Perón, he was appointed Judge in the Federal Appellate Court, a position he retained until his retirement. In 1973, he was called from retirement by the newly elected administration of Buenos Aires Province of Governor Calabró as Director of Schools (Secretary of Education) of this State.
Ricardo Ernesto Bradley MONTES
Ricardo held Doctorates in the Law, Diplomacy, History, International Law and others. A Renaissance man, no aesthetic discipline was foreign to his acute intellect. Active member of the International Institute of Ibero-American Literature and the International Association of Critics; Correspondent Member of the National Academy of Arts and Literature of Cuba and of the National Academy of History and Geography of Mexico; Honorary Member of the Mexican Academy of Genealogy and Heraldry; poet, essayist, historian, critic, diplomat. Ricardo Gutiérrez, the celebrated Argentine novelist wrote that he “knew the pleasures of the Language”, and Alfonso Reyes recognized his “understanding of things Mexican.” Of his prolific work as writer, editor and director of numerous publications throughout the Continent, there is abundant record in libraries and universities from New York to Buenos Aires.