[Gabriel Trompiz and the institutionalization of science in Venezuela]

A testimonial to Dr. Trompiz, owing to the first lustrum of his death (August 23th, 1895). He was born in Falcon State (1907), graduated as medical doctor at UCV (1932) and postgraduated in Germany and Spain. Several analyses are made in order to consider D'Trompiz' position on the poor situation of science in Venezuela: 1) The historical comparison of science between Europe and Latin America; 2) The work presented by Garcia Gallo in the UNESCO Conference (Chile, 1965); 3) The H. Jaguaribe's work in CORDIPLAN (1974); 4) The Santis' evaluation on scientific investigation in our country.