Rafael Rangel Sostmann
| Rafael Rangel Sostmann | |
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At the 65th anniversary ceremony of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM).
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| 3rd Rector of the Monterrey Institute of Technology* | |
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In office January 1985 – October 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Fernando García Roel |
| Succeeded by | David Noel Ramírez Padilla |
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14 August 1941 Parral, Chihuahua |
| Alma mater | Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) and University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Profession | Mechanical and electrical engineer |
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Rafael Rangel Sostmann (Spanish pronunciation: [rafaˈel raŋˈxel ˈsosman]; born 14 August 1941) is a Mexican engineer and academic who served as rector of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) from 1985 to 2011. He is a recipient of several honorary degrees, awarded, among others, by Georgetown University (2008), the University of British Columbia (2003), Arizona State University (2004) and the Thunderbird School of Global Management (2009); serves in the board of the World Bank Institute and Cemex; and he is a member of the Global Agenda Council on Education Systems at the World Economic Forum. He announced his retirement as rector of the ITESM on June 21, 2010. On September 12, 2011, Salvador Alva Gómez was announced as the next rector of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM).
Rangel was born in Parral, Chihuahua, into a family formed by Rafael Rangel Romo, a mining engineer from Aguascalientes and co-proprietor of Molino de El Retiro, S. de R.L. (a flour mill) and Josefina Sostmann, he has a sister Josefina Rangel Sostman who is a painter. He undertook his secondary and preparatory studies in Parral at Instituto Regional, a school managed by the Society of Jesus, and later moved to Monterrey to enroll at the Monterrey Institute of Technology. At Tech he imposed a national record in the 400 meters dash at the age of 22 and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in 1965.
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