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Fernando García Roel

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Preceded by
  
Victor Bravo Ahuja


Children
  
Fernando and Hector

Name
  
Fernando Roel

Born
  
14 August 1921 Monterrey, Nuevo Leon (
1921-08-14
)

Died
  
26 February 2009(2009-02-26) (aged 87) Torreon, Coahuila

Spouse(s)
  
Laura Molina (married on 1 July 1946)

Alma mater
  
National Autonomous University of Mexico and University of Wisconsin–Madison

Succeeded by
  
Rafael Rangel Sostmann

Fernando García Roel (14 August 1921 – 26 February 2009) was a Mexican chemical engineer. He served as the second rector of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM, 1960–1984).

García Roel was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, into a family composed by Mario A. García and María Roel, sister of prominent historian Santiago Roel. He received a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (1943) and a master's degree in the same discipline from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1948).

In 1966 he was given the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Distinguished Service Award and in 1984 the Víctor Márquez Domínguez Prize of the Mexican Institute of Chemical Engineers. He was conferred an honorary doctorate by the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1979.

One of the streets crossing the main campus of the Monterrey Institute of Technology is named in his honor.

References

Fernando García Roel Wikipedia