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Dr. Juan Bautista Marcano Marcano was a Venezuelan educator who founded Universidad Nueva Esparta in Caracas Venezuela. He was born in 1918 in Los Millanes, Margarita Island, Venezuela. At the  age of 8   he was enrolled by his parents in a  catholic  seminary in Cumana, Venezuela where he studied elementary and high school  and  graduated with high honors  .He  was  granted a full scholarship to pursue college studies in Rome Italy in 1936. He obtained his PhD in Theology and Philosophy  from  The Gregorian University of  Rome, Italy in 1942. After graduation he returned to Venezuela and dedicated his entire life to promoting educational establishments. He founded Colegio Nueva Esparta,   a k-12 school  in Caracas  in 1954. Later he founded Instituto Universitario Nueva Esparta a junior college that offered   Computer Science , Hospitality Management and Civil Engineering in 1971. He founded Universidad Nueva Esparta in Caracas, Venezuela in 1989 He along with his wife Prof. Gladys Carmona diligently managed and directed these institutions  for more than 50 years. Dr. Marcano passed  away   in 2007 at the age of 89 in Caracas, Venezuela.