Roberto Guajardo Suárez | |
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2nd Director-General of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM) | |
In office 1947–1951 |
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Preceded by | León Ávalos y Vez |
Succeeded by | Víctor Bravo Ahuja |
Personal details | |
Born |
Monterrey, Nuevo León |
16 October 1918
Died | October 2008 (aged 89–90) |
Spouse(s) | Adriana Vizcaya (married on 10 December 1949) |
Children | Roberto, Adriana, Sandra, Rogelio, Julio Marcelo, Camila and Mauricio |
Residence | Monterrey, Mexico City |
Alma mater | Escuela Libre de Derecho |
Profession | Lawyer |
Roberto Guajardo Suárez (16 October 1918 – ca. October 2008) was a Mexican lawyer who served as the second director-general of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM, 1947–1951), as a founding president of Sociedad Artística Tecnológico (the Institute's artistic society) in 1948 and as president of Coparmex, a Mexican employers' association (1960–1973).
Guajardo Suárez was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, into a family composed by Manuel Guajardo Medina and Sofía Suárez. He received a bachelor's degree in Law from the Escuela Libre de Derecho (1941) and served as director of Sulfato de Viesca, S.A. (1951–53) and Refrescos Internacionales (1953–60).