Jorge Matute Remus

Who was Jorge Matute Remus?

Jorge Matute was a Mexican engineer.

His movement of the 1700-ton building of Telefonos de Mexico in 1950 to widen a main street in Guadalajara gained him a place in the city's history. The building was moved 17 meters away from its original position with all the communication operators working inside. At 23 he designed and built a bridge for a federal Mexican road over Coy river in the Huasteca during a professional internship that gained him respect among engineers at such early stage of his life. He dedicated much of his life to the pursuit of a better urban planning, the provision of water for the city and the improvement of higher education. Matute was dean of the Universidad de Guadalajara and municipal president of the same city. He was given several honors by the University of Guadalajara, UNESCO, the National Prize for Engineering, the French Academic Palms, among others.