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[1] Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico[1]
Died	1991 (aged 84–85)[2]
Spouse(s)	Carolina del Moral (married on 29 November 1935)[1]
Children	Carolina, León, Teresa, José Luis and María[1]
Residence	Monterrey, Mexico City
Alma mater	National Polytechnic Institute, MIT
Profession	Mechanical engineer
Religion	Roman Catholic[3]
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).^[4]

References

1. Lajoie, Lucian F.; Myer, Jack D; Castillo Nájera, Francisco (1972). Who's Notable in Mexico 1 (1st ed.). Mexico City, Mexico. p. 13. OCLC 1784836.
2. Educadores de Nuevo León. Monterrey, Mexico: Universidad Mexicana del Noreste. 2001. OCLC 53358387. Ing. León Avalos y Vez 1906-1991
3. Mendirichaga, Rodrigo (1982). El Tecnológico de Monterrey: Sucesos, anécdotas, personajes (in Spanish). Monterrey, Mexico: Ediciones Castillo. OCLC 17117284. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
4. Ávalos y Vez, León (1962). Apuntes sobre generadores de vapor (in Spanish). Mexico City: Instituto Politécnico Nacional. OCLC 54980026.

See also

List of Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education faculty