Dr. Ramon Guiteras was the son of Ramon Guiteras, Sr., a successful Cuban banker with financial ties to Bristol’s DeWolf family, and Elizabeth Wardwell, who was a member of one of Bristol's long established families. Ramon grew up in Bristol, Rhode Island and went to school in Providence. He then went on to Harvard University and after graduating attended Harvard Medical School, graduating in 1883. His post graduate medical studies were in Vienna, Austria and then Berlin, Germany.
He moved to New York City where he was a well respected surgeon, a professor of medicine, and an author. He specialized in kidney and intestinal disorders and became well known nationwide. He was a member of many medical societies including the Latin American Medical Association of which he was president, and, during WW II, advised President Wilson on Cuba's position regarding the conflict.
Before his death on December, 1917 at the age of fifty-nine, he left $350,000 in his will to Bristol to build a school to honor his mother. The Guiteras Memorial School, a large colonnade brick and limestone building, was completed in 1925. Looking out into Bristol harbor, this majestic building still serves as one of the town’s most visible landmarks.
He moved to New York City where he was a well respected surgeon, a professor of medicine, and an author. He specialized in kidney and intestinal disorders and became well known nationwide. He was a member of many medical societies including the Latin American Medical Association of which he was president, and, during WW II, advised President Wilson on Cuba's position regarding the conflict.
Before his death on December, 1917 at the age of fifty-nine, he left $350,000 in his will to Bristol to build a school to honor his mother. The Guiteras Memorial School, a large colonnade brick and limestone building, was completed in 1925. Looking out into Bristol harbor, this majestic building still serves as one of the town’s most visible landmarks.
Dr. Ramon Guiteras was the son of Ramon Guiteras, Sr., a successful Cuban banker with financial ties to Bristol’s DeWolf family, and Elizabeth Wardwell, who was a member of one of Bristol's long established families. Ramon grew up in Bristol, Rhode Island and went to school in Providence. He then went on to Harvard University and after graduating attended Harvard Medical School, graduating in 1883. His post graduate medical studies were in Vienna, Austria and then Berlin, Germany.
He moved to New York City where he was a well respected surgeon, a professor of medicine, and an author. He specialized in kidney and intestinal disorders and became well known nationwide. He was a member of many medical societies including the Latin American Medical Association of which he was president, and, during WW II, advised President Wilson on Cuba's position regarding the conflict.
Before his death on December, 1917 at the age of fifty-nine, he left $350,000 in his will to Bristol to build a school to honor his mother. The Guiteras Memorial School, a large colonnade brick and limestone building, was completed in 1925. Looking out into Bristol harbor, this majestic building still serves as one of the town’s most visible landmarks.
He moved to New York City where he was a well respected surgeon, a professor of medicine, and an author. He specialized in kidney and intestinal disorders and became well known nationwide. He was a member of many medical societies including the Latin American Medical Association of which he was president, and, during WW II, advised President Wilson on Cuba's position regarding the conflict.
Before his death on December, 1917 at the age of fifty-nine, he left $350,000 in his will to Bristol to build a school to honor his mother. The Guiteras Memorial School, a large colonnade brick and limestone building, was completed in 1925. Looking out into Bristol harbor, this majestic building still serves as one of the town’s most visible landmarks.
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