León Ávalos y Vez
León Ávalos y Vez* | |
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| 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 |
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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).
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 (1929).