León Ávalos y Vez

León Ávalos y Vez*
León Ávalos y Vez*
1st Director-General of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM)
	In office; 1943–1947
Succeeded by	Roberto Guajardo Suárez
Personal details
Born	January 24, 1906; Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico
Died	1991 (aged 84–85)
Spouse	Carolina del Moral (married on 29 November 1935)
Children	Carolina, León, Teresa, José Luis and María
Residence(s)	Monterrey, Mexico City
Alma mater	National Polytechnic Institute, MIT
Profession	Mechanical engineer
	Sometimes referred to as León Ávalos Vez;

León Ávalos y Vez (24 January 1906 – 1991) was a Mexican mechanical engineer who served as the founding director-general of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM, 1943–1946) and as director-general of the National School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN, 1943).^[1]

Ávalos y Vez was born in Atlixco, Puebla, on 24 January 1906 into a family composed by Ignacio Ávalos and Amalia Vez.^[1] He received a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute and a master's degree in the same discipline from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1929).

Selected works

Apuntes sobre generadores de vapor (1962).^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Lajoie, Lucian F.; Myer, Jack D; Castillo Nájera, Francisco (1972). Who's Notable in Mexico. Vol. 1 (1st ed.). Mexico City, Mexico. p. 13. OCLC 1784836.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Educadores de Nuevo León. Monterrey, Mexico: Universidad Mexicana del Noreste. 2001. OCLC 53358387. Ing. León Avalos y Vez 1906-1991
^ Ávalos y Vez, León (1962). Apuntes sobre generadores de vapor (in Spanish). Mexico City: Instituto Politécnico Nacional. OCLC 54980026.

Selected works

References

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