Ateneo de Ponce
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The Ateneo de Ponce is a nonprofit, civic
, non governmental organization located in Ponce, Puerto Rico
, that seeks to preserve and promote Ponce's cultural traditions. The institution, founded on September 15, 1956, by Dr. Ramón Zapata Acosta, is one of Ponce's chief cultural institutions.
or the Museo de Arte de Ponce for its meetings and symposium
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. There were 111 co-founding partners led by Dr. Ramón Zapata, who was the president of the Atheneum during several terms. To achieve its objectives the Atheneum organizes a variety of activities such as dissertations, conferences, tournaments, publications, concerts, and various other presentations.
Its current officers are:
Civic
Civic can refer to multiple things:*Civics, the science of comparative government*Civic, Christchurch, a Category II heritage building in the Christchurch Central City*Civic engagement, the connection one feels with their larger community...
, non governmental organization located in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the...
, that seeks to preserve and promote Ponce's cultural traditions. The institution, founded on September 15, 1956, by Dr. Ramón Zapata Acosta, is one of Ponce's chief cultural institutions.
Location
The Ponce Atheneum does not have a permanent physical brick-and-mortar location. It operates either out of donated space at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto RicoPontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico is a Roman Catholic university located in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It provides courses in the areas of education, business administration, arts and human studies and science, leading to Bachelor's, Master's and Doctorate Degrees. Its campus is also home...
or the Museo de Arte de Ponce for its meetings and symposium
Symposium
In ancient Greece, the symposium was a drinking party. Literary works that describe or take place at a symposium include two Socratic dialogues, Plato's Symposium and Xenophon's Symposium, as well as a number of Greek poems such as the elegies of Theognis of Megara...
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History
The mission of the Ateneo de Ponce is to preserve and promote the culture of the sciences, literature and the arts. To achieve its mission, on September 15, 1956, the Atheneum was formed and memorialized via an inaugural ballBall (dance)
A ball is a formal dance. The word 'ball' is derived from the Latin word "ballare", meaning 'to dance'; the term also derived into "bailar", which is the Spanish and Portuguese word for dance . In Catalan it is the same word, 'ball', for the dance event.Attendees wear evening attire, which is...
. There were 111 co-founding partners led by Dr. Ramón Zapata, who was the president of the Atheneum during several terms. To achieve its objectives the Atheneum organizes a variety of activities such as dissertations, conferences, tournaments, publications, concerts, and various other presentations.
Organization
The Atheneum is made up of five sections: social sciences, physical sciences and mathematics, history, literature, and fine arts. The administrative staff consists of the members of the Governing Board, which has nine members: president, vicepresident, secretary, treasurer, the presidents of the five sections. As of 2007, the Atheneum had 60 regular members in its roster.Its current officers are:
- Dr. José R. Escabí – President
- Prof. Ada Hilda Martínez de Alicea – Vicepresident
- Prof. María Isabel Chaparro de Escabí – Secretary
- Prof. Lesbia Cruz – Treasurer
- Attorney Roberto García - President, Social Sciences section
- Dr. Arnaldo Carrasquillo Jiménez - President, Physical, Natual Sciences, and Mathematics section
- Prof. Iván Torres Hoyos - President, History section
- Prof. Estela García - President, Literature section
- Prof. Vidalina Rodríguez Carreras - President, Fine Arts section
- Dr. Carlos Zapata – Member
- Attorney Gilda Wilson - Member
- Prof. Antonio Sajid López - Member
- Prof. Migdalia González - Member
- Dr. Arnaldo Carrasquillo - Member
- Prof. José Raúl Cepeda - Member