Alfonso Rangel Guerra

Alfonso Rangel Guerra (born 16 November 1928, Monterrey, Nuevo León) is a Mexican lawyer, educator, writer and administrator.

Alfonso Rangel Guerra in 2009

Career

He received his law degree from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL) in 1953. From 1958 to 1959, he had a scholarship which enabled him to study French literature at the Instituto Francés de América Latina and the Sorbonne. He served as Rector at UANL from 1962 to 1964, and is currently the Director of UANL's Center for Humanistic Studies. Over the years, he has held many professorships and administrative positions there. He has twice served as the Secretary of Education and Culture for the state of Nuevo León (1988-1991, 1996-1997).[1]

Outside his home state, he has been the Executive Secretary of the National Association of Universities and Higher Education Institutions (ANUIES) (1965–67); Director General of Higher Education for the Secretariat of Public Education (1978-1982); Cultural Attaché at the Mexican Embassy in Spain (1983–85) and Secretary General of the College of Mexico (1985–88).[1]

Honors and awards

Selected works
  • La Educación Superior en México, El Colegio de México (1979) ISBN 968-12-0001-2
  • Las Ideas Literarias de Alfonso Reyes, El Colegio de México (1993) ISBN 968-12-0414-X
  • La Cuarta Presencia: Ensayos, Castillo (1995) ISBN 968-7415-27-4
  • Universidad y Humanismo, Fondo Editorial de Nuevo León (2009) ISBN 607-7577-38-3
  • La Opacidad y la Transparencia, Pendola (2010) ISBN 607-90991-1-X

References
  1. "UANL: Faculty Profile". Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  2. "Academia de la Lengua: Corresponding Members". Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.

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