León Ávalos y Vez

Who was León Ávalos y Vez?

León Ávalos y Vez was a Mexican mechanical engineer who served as the founding director-general of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and as director-general of the National School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering of the National Polytechnic Institute.

Ávalos y Vez was born in Atlixco, Puebla, on 24 January 1906 into a family composed by Ignacio Ávalos and Amalia Vez. 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.