He served as the doctor to 20 Ecuadorian presidents including Mariano Suárez Veintimilla[2] Abad was born August 10, 1919, in Guayaquil to Juana Valenzuela Garaycoa and mariner Benigno Abad Lara.

[1] He played an important role in the installation of radiological facilities in the Social Security Clinic and Lorenzo Ponce Hospital.

[4] This rowing race is considered the longest competition in the world with an extension of 49 nautic miles.

He received awards including the Orden Nacional Al Mérito in the Comendador grade.

[1] He was married to Lidia Rodríguez Falconi (+ 2018), with whom he had five children, Germán, Sylvia (+ 2020), Juan José (+ 2019), Francesca and Víctor Alfonso (which is whom continues his work as a radiologist, MD).