Guillermo Soberón Acevedo Explained

Guillermo Soberón Acevedo (29 December 1925 – 12 October 2020) was a Mexican politician, chemist, physician and educator.

Soberón Acevedo was born in Iguala, Guerrero, in 1925. From 1973 to 1981, he was rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). From 1982 to 1988, during the presidency of Miguel de la Madrid, he served in the federal cabinet as Secretary of Health.

He was awarded the National Prize for Arts and Sciences in 1980^[1] and was admitted to El Colegio Nacional in 1981.^[2]

Soberón Acevedo died on 12 October 2020 in Mexico City at the age of 94.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes . 24 August 2024 . . Secretariat of Public Education . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722225045/http://www.ecultura.gob.mx/artistas_y_grupos_artisticos/pnca/indiceac/pnca_anoycampo.pdf . 22 July 2011.
2. Web site: Guillermo Soberón: ciencias biológicas y de la salud . El Colegio Nacional . 25 August 2024.
3. Web site: Fallece Guillermo Soberón, exrector de la UNAM . El Universal . 25 August 2024 . 12 October 2020.