Library receives part of the collection of Alfonso Lockward
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Emilio Rodríguez Demorizi Library of the Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) received the donation of dozens of titles from the personal collection of the late preacher Alfonso Lockward, one of the founding members of the university.
The delivery was formalized by Mrs. Lina Column widow Lockward during a visit to the Rector of INTEC, Rolando M. Guzmán, and Lucero Arboleda, executive director of the Library. The meeting was held in the Sala Julio Ravelo de la Fuente.
The books address issues of international relations, constitutional history and Venezuelan culture, as well as Dominican religious culture. In addition, they include some copies of books authored by Lockward as "The Monroe Doctrine in Santo Domingo," "The Haitian-Dominican Constitution of 1843," "Document for the History of American-Dominican Relations," among others.
Mrs. Columna expressed her great satisfaction to deliver the books to the INTEC, institution to which her husband devoted many efforts, as he expressed. While Lucero Arboleda said that this type of contribution contributes to the policy of development of collections, within the framework of a philosophical model, which allows the Emilio Rodríguez Demorizi Library, to offer access to information resources that complement or extend the curricular profile of INTEC.
"Donations allow us to enrich the offer of services and resources to the public," Arboleda said. Over the years, the Library has received bibliographic donations from personalities such as Miguel Angel Heredia, Eduardo Latorre, Emilio Rodriguez Demorizi, Francisco Comarazamy and Armando Hoepelman, among others.
Alfonso Lockward, his work
The 30 of 1937 was born in Puerto Plata. He was a pioneer and manager of important evangelizing projects, among them: Evangelical Hall, the church to which he belonged for many years and of which he was a member of the Council of Elders, the Evangelical Arpa Choir and the Dominican Association of Evangelical Students (ADEE). In addition, the Publisher and Distributor of Evangelical Literature (DELE), first of its kind in the country. He served as president for several years of Editorial Caribe, with headquarters in the United States and circulation throughout Latin America, and as a member of the Steering Committee of the Latin American Mission, an institution dedicated to the formation of ministers and missionaries for Latin America and the United States.
He is one of the nine founding intellectuals of INTEC together with Luis R. del Castillo Morales, Eduardo Latorre, Rafael Calventi, Miguel Angel Heredia, Rafael Marion-Landais, Fernando Periche, José Joaquín Puello and Ramón Flores.
In the literary field, Alfonso Lockward concentrated on three basic axes: biblical interpretation, poetry and Dominican history. In the professional field, he served as head of the Economic Studies Department of the Central Bank, Sub-Secretary of the National Planning Office, and integrated several delegated missions of the Dominican government abroad, under the government of Héctor García Godoy. In addition, he was Technical Secretary of the Presidency and Ambassador of the Dominican Republic in Colombia and Israel, among other important positions.
He died in 2001.