Rodolfo Guillermo Döll Rojas

Rodolfo Enrique Guillermo Döll Rojas (14 September 1868 – 29 June 1948) was a Chilean engineer, academic and politician. He served multiple periods as a deputy between 1915 and 1937 and held senior technical and administrative positions in Chilean public works.

Biography Döll was born in Santiago to Fernando Döll and Rosalía Rojas. He completed part of his education at the Realgymnasium of Kassel, Germany, later studying at the Liceo de Valparaíso and at the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Chile, where he qualified as an engineer in 1892.

He practiced engineering during the late 19th century and also served as professor of mathematics and engineering at the Instituto Nacional. He worked in the General Directorate of Public Works as secretary (1895–1897), engineer of the Boundary Commission with Argentina (1897–1902), and head of the Architecture Section (1902–1908).

He was professor of Unit Prices and General Construction at the University of Chile, Director General of Public Works (1908–1915), dean of the Faculty of Mathematics (1910–1912), and a member of commissions overseeing sewerage works in Santiago and the construction of the Trans-Andean Railway through Uspallata.

Political career Döll initially militated in the National Party. He served as director of the Local Government Council (1912–1913) and as mayor of the Municipality of La Ligua between 1913 and 1915. He was elected Deputy for Valparaíso and Casablanca for the 1915–1918 legislative period, serving on the Standing Committee on Finance and Public Works.

He later joined the Liberal Party. In 1934, he was elected Deputy in a by-election for the 5th Departmental Grouping (Petorca, San Felipe and Los Andes), replacing the late deputy Benigno Acuña Robert. During the 1933–1937 legislative period, he served on the Standing Committee on Interior Government.

Other activities After his political career, Döll Rojas devoted himself to agricultural activities, exploiting estates such as El Gomero and Santa Helena del Gomero in Maipú, La Higuera in La Ligua, and Los Raulíes in Pucón.

He was a member of the Sociedad de Fomento Fabril (SOFOFA), the Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura (SNA), the Institute of Engineers of Chile, and was a founding member, president and lifetime member of the Asociación Patronal del Trabajo. He also belonged to the Club de La Unión, Club Alemán, Club Naval of Valparaíso, and the Rotary Club of La Ligua.

He worked as a property appraiser for major estates and institutions, including the estate of Juana Ross de Edwards, Banco de Chile, Banco Alemán Trasatlántico, and the Caja de Ahorros.

Döll died in Santiago on 29 June 1948.