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The Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (Higher
Polytechnic College of the Littoral) is located in Guayaquil. The
university flag can be seen at <www.espol.edu.ec>.
Ron Lahav, 4 May 2007
ESPOL was founded by Executive Decree No. 1664, published in
the Ecuadorian official gazette on 11 November 1958. Classes
officially started on 25 May 1959. In March 2002, the institute
catered more than 12,000 students taught by more than 800
professors and 500 other employees.
Article 5 of the new statutes of ESPOL, adopted in 1998, says:
"Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral shall use the
patriotic symbols of Guayaquil and its own symbols as well. Its
motto is "Ciencia, Tecnología y Educación al servicio del
país" [Science, Technology and Education to the service of
the country] and its acronym is ESPOL."
Ivan Sache, 12 April 2009
Flag - The Polytechnic Council approved on 14 December 1993 the
report presented by Robert Toledo Echeverría, Vice Rector in
charge of Students' Affairs and Welfare, and prescribed the flag
of ESPOL to be: A rectangular field with three light blue
("celestes") and two white stripes.
The upper and lower light blue stripes shall be twice higher than
the light blue central stripe.
The white stripes shall be slightly ("ligeramente")
higher than the light blue stripe they flank. In the middle of
the flag shall be placed an allegory made of a circle charged
with a "galápago", below it the words "Guayaquil -
Ecuador". [The "galápago" is the Galápagos
(giant) tortoise, Geochelone nigra Quoy & Gaimard, a
species endemic to the Galápagos islands, with ten subspecies
still alive (out of the 12 recorded). More details at wikipedia].
Above the circle shall be placed the acronym ESPOL, below the
circle shall be placed "Octuber de 1958" [October
1958], the foundation date of the institute.
Below the circle shall be written the name of the institute
"Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral".
The circle shall be surrounded by olive branches, symbols of
knowledge, peace and excellence.
Below the lower writing shall be placed a white star symbolizing
the Guayaquil Star [this seems to
have been changed for a light blue star placed in the upper part
of the circle].
The flag of the institute shall be used in all the official acts
of ESPOL.
Emblem - The emblem / seal of ESPOL was created in 1958 by the
founder and first Director of the institute, Walter Camacho
Navarro. The seal was oval, charged with a laurel crown
surrounding the Guayaquil Star.
Outside the oval were written "Escuela Superior Politécnica
del Litoral" and "1958". Used for the first 15
years of existence of the institute, until Rector Luis Parodi
Valverde decided that the emblem of the institute should be more
closely related to Ecuador. In 1974, without any official
decision, a donkey's head was added to the emblem, which was
nothing but original, since this is the symbol used by the
National Polytechnic Institute of México.
Accordingly, the Board of ESPOL launched a competition for
designing the emblem of the institute. On 25 November 1974, the
Board approved the proposal made by Carlos Quevedo Flores, which
includes a "galápago", the world famous symbol of the
Galápagos islands, and, therefore, of Ecuador.
Source: <www.espol.edu.ec>.
Ivan Sache, 12 April 2009