Xavier Cortés Rocha Explained
Xavier Cortés Rocha (born February 24, 1943) is a Mexican architect and urban planner. He was also briefly the interim rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in November 1999, after a student strike forced the resignation of Francisco Barnés de Castro.[4] He was born in Tampico.[5]
Biography
Cortés graduated in architecture and later in urban planning at the Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura of the UNAM. He continued his studies in Paris. After 1968 he taught at the UNAM. In 1999 he became Secretary General of the UNAM, and was the interim UNAM president from 12 to 17 November 1999. From 2001 to 2009 he was director of Sitios y Monumentos del Patrimonio Cultural of the CONACULTA, as well as president of the Academia Nacional de Arquitectos. He is an emeritus professor of the College of Architecture of the UNAM.[6]
Cortés became a member of the Academia de Artes in 2018.[7]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Xavier Cortés Rocha . Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México . 2013 . 14 March 2021 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200420124805/https://dgapa.unam.mx/index.php/semblanzas-emeritos-anio-perpae-2015/semblanzas-2013-perpae/321-cortes-rocha-xavier . 20 April 2020.
- Book: Compendio de Legislacion Universitaria 1910-2001 . Periodo Rectoral 1999-2003 . 9789703210558 . Indice General por Periodos Rectorales . 2439–2442 . https://books.google.com/books?id=f-VqSM9NE2sC&pg=PA2439 . 5 . Spanish . General Index of Rectoral Periods.
- Web site: Big Majority Votes to End Strike at Mexican University . New York Times . Preston . Julia . 21 January 2000 . 14 March 2021 . Julia Preston.
- Web site: Rector's Resignation Could Resolve Prolonged Strike at National University . Latin America Data Base - News & Educational Services . University of New Mexico Digital Repository . 17 November 1999 . 14 March 2021.
- Web site: Reconocen aportes de Xavier Cortés Rocha al patrimonio . Spanish . Xavier Cortés Rocha recognized for contributions to heritage . Mi Punto De Visto . 10 January 2020 . 14 March 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200302213618/https://www.mipuntodevista.com.mx/reconocen-aportes-de-xavier-cortes-rocha-al-patrimonio/ . 2 March 2020.
- Web site: UNAM rehabilita Palacio de Medicina; proyecta museo de sitio . Spanish . UNAM rehabilitates Palace of Medicine; project site museum . Hernández . Fernanda . 29 October 2020 . 14 March 2021 . Centro Urbano . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201125104146/https://centrourbano.com/2020/10/29/unam-palacio-medicina-museo/ . 25 November 2020.
- News: Xavier Cortés Rocha, nuevo miembro de la Academia de Artes . 5 October 2018 . .