Latinos in Space: Patricio "Pato" Guzman & Star Trek

Enterprise sketches by Jeffries working under Guzman. 

Patricio "Pato" Guzmán (1933-1991) was a Chilean native who worked on the original design of the Enterprise and it's bridge. I ran across his name while reading The Making of Star Trek and became interested because I did not remember seeing his name before. It turns out he is often left out of mainstream histories as he ended up being uncredited on the series as he left before the pilot was actually shot to return to Chile (the hearesay is he was "homesick," though he later returned to the US). I like the fact that a Latino worked on the design of the Enterprise, so I decided to add an entry for Guzman on Wikipedia as part of my project there. It is a short entry, though this is probably about as much as Wikipedia will allow for Guzman unless more significant research on him has been done. That sounds like a great project for a graduate student!

The entry with citations and links is HERE. Though the text is also following. Please rate the article on Wikipedia if you have time.

Patricio "Pato" Guzmán (1933-1991), a native of Chile, worked in the United States as an art director, production designer, and producer of television and film. He worked on such notable shows as The Jack Benny Program, I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, That Girl, and the film Down and Out in Beverly Hills. He also served as a production designer for the Star Trek: The Original Series pilot "The Cage" (uncredited) and in that capacity worked directly with art director Matt Jeffries and creator-producer Gene Roddenberry on the original USS Enterprise NCC-1701 exterior and bridge.