# Colegio del Uruguay

The Colegio del Uruguay (nowadays the Colegio Superior del Uruguay «Justo José de Urquiza») is an Argentine educational institution, created by then Governor of Entre Ríos Justo José de Urquiza in the 28th of July 1849. It was the first in the country to be secular and free. Nowadays, it serves circa 1200 students.
It is located in the city of Concepción del Uruguay, in the Uruguay Department of the Province of Entre Ríos. It possesses a historic building dating from 1851. The college was sacked in 1870 during Jordán's rebellion. In 1942, it was declared a national historical monument. In 1999, for its 150th anniversary, the building was rebuilt and made into a museum, the College Historical Museum. The college is set subordinate administratively to the Autonomous University of Entre Ríos.

## Alumni

* Julio Argentino Roca, President of the Nation 1880–1886, 1898–1904;
* Victorino de la Plaza, President of the Nation 1914–1916;
* Arturo Frondizi, President of the Nation 1958–1962;
* Juan Bautista Egusquiza, President of Paraguay 1894–1898;
* Benigno Ferreira, President of Paraguay 1906–1908;
* Valentín Vergara, Governor of Buenos Aires 1926–1930;
* Santiago Baibiene, Governor of Corrientes 1869–1871;
* Felipe A. Texier, Governor of Entre Ríos 1952–1955;
* Miguel M. Nougués, Governor of Tucumán 1880–1882;
* Lucas Córdoba, Governor of Tucumán 1895–1898, 1901–1904;
* Tiburcio Benegas, Governor of Mendoza 1887–1889, 1895;
* José Benjamín de la Vega, Governor of La Rioja 1869–1871;
* Hortensio Quijano, Vice President of the Nation 1946–1952;
* Francisco Beiró, Vice President-elect of the Nation;
* Antonio Sagarna, Minister of the Supreme Court 1928–1947;
* Onésimo Leguizamón, Minister of the Supreme Court 1877–1882;
* Isaac Chavarría, Minister of Interior 1886;
* Wenceslao Pacheco, Minister of Interior 1889, Minister of the Treasury 1885–1890;
* Osvaldo Magnasco, Minister of Justice and Public Instruction 1898–1901;
* José Segundo Decoud, President of the Paraguayan Supreme Court of Justice, 1876–1878;
* Carlos Federico Abente, Paraguayan doctor and poet;
* Olegario Víctor Andrade, journalist, poet and writer;
* Eduardo Wilde, physician, politician and writer;
* Martín Coronado, journalist, poet and playwright;
* Fray Mocho, journalist and writer;
* Lucilo del Castillo, physician;
* Eleodoro Damianovich, physician and army general;
* Juan José Nágera, geologist;
* Arturo Sampay, constitutionalist for the Argentine Constitution of 1949;
* Teresa Ratto, second female doctor in Argentina;
* Domingo Liotta, physician;
* Gustavo Sylvestre, journalist and political analyst.

## Deans

| Dean | Tenure | Notes |
| Lorenzo Jordana | 1849–1851 | a teacher from Spain, his classes, funded by the State, were the basis for the Colegio. Eventually left for Buenos Aires due to poor health |
| Manuel María Erausquin | 1851–1854 | Basque catholic priest, doctor in theology and canon law |
| Alberto Larroque | 1854–1864 | a French doctor of law, he eventually left for Buenos Aires due to disagreements with Urquiza |
| Juan Domingo Vico | 1864–1867 | initially an inspector hired to oversee teaching in the college, he took over after Larroque left |
| Eugenio Mauguin | 1867 | interim dean, he died from cholera shortly after taking office |
| Samuel Storrow Higginson | 1867–1870 | Harvard alumni and a chaplain in the Union Army during the American Civil War, sent for directly by Sarmiento; left after the college was sacked |
| Agustín Mariano Alió | 1871–1874 | Spanish republican journalist, left the institution in the aftermath of a "tremendous student revolution" which led to four students being expelled and the vice-dean being fired. |
| Guillermo Seekamp | 1874–1875 | German chemist who had initially come to the region to work as a scientist for Liebig's. Assumed the office of dean in an interim manner |
| Clodomiro Quiroga | 1875–1880 | ex-director of the Biblioteca Nacional de Maestras y Maestros and an English teacher at the college |
| Honorio Leguizamón | 1880–1888 | headed a program of nationalization of the school's teachers, tried to stop foreign languages from being taught. Left to head the Escuela Normal de Profesoras de Buenos Aires |
| Carlos Jurado | 1888–1892 | former law student at the institution |
| José Benjamín Zubiaur | 1892–1899 | member of the first International Olympic Committee, doctor of law, and an early advocate of physical education classes for children; left to become Director of Public Instruction in Buenos Aires |
| Enrique de Vedia | 1899–1902 | professor of literature and Spanish, left to head the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires |
| Dermidio Carreño | 1902–1910 | ex-Governor of La Rioja, who had also occupied several positions in the Argentine educational system |
| Eduardo Tibiletti | 1910–1920 | former student of the institution and, in 1910, professor of civics there. Would in the 1930s be elected Governor of Entre Ríos |
| José Haedo | 1921–1938 | former student, during his term the historical building began to be rebuilt from the ground up, leaving only its facade from the original |
| Lucio José Macedo | 1938–1940 | previously vice-dean, served as interim dean, oversaw the continuation of the rebuilding process. Later on in the 1940s would be dean of the city's normal school |
| Luis E. Grianta | 1940–1948 | doctor in chemistry, worked as a civil servant and as a teacher for the Colegio for 26 years before being appointed dean. He eventually was removed from the position due to his political ideas |
| Felipe Texier | 1948–1952 | formerly a history teacher at the Colegio, he left the post of dean when he was elected Governor of Entre Ríos |
| Rodolfo Luis Scelzi | 1952–1955 | a physician who had previously taught psychology classes at the Colegio |
| Ernesto Maxit | 1955–1962 | former law student at the institution |
| Félix Omar Carulla | 1962–1973 | |
| Miguel Angel Gregori | 1973–1977 | previously had taught history at the Colegio. Prolific writer about Entre Ríos' history |
| Aracely Latorre | 1978–1979 | first female dean of the Colegio, she would later head Concepción's local culture comissary |
| Eduardo Julio Giqueaux | 1979–2011 | former philosophy teacher at the Colegio, continued to publish books and articles during his term as dean |
| Celia D'Angelo | 2011–2014 | a psychologist, she was removed from office amidst tensions with the Autonomous University of Entre Ríos' administration |
| Claudia Musco | 2014-2015 | previously vice-dean, served as interim dean |
| Maria del Carmen Petrone | 2015–2018 | former student, previously vice-dean; after her term as dean, served as city councilwoman |
| Ramon Cieri | 2018– | former history teacher |