Background
REYES, Alfonso was born on May 17, 1889 in Monterrey, N.L., Mexico.
REYES, Alfonso was born on May 17, 1889 in Monterrey, N.L., Mexico.
Educated
Secretary, Escuela Nacional de Altos Estudios, 1912-1913, professor hist, of Spanish language and literature, 1913. 2d secretary, Mexican legation, Paris, 191314. Honorary commissioner, to study public edn. in France, 1913.
Secretary, Mexican historical commission in Spain, 1919-1920. 2d secretary, legation, Spain, 1920, 1st secretary, 1921, chargé d’affaires ad interim, 1921-1924. Minister plenipotentiary to Argentina, 1924, 1927, France, 1924, Spain, 1926.
President, commission to examine Mexican consular personnel in France, 1925. Ambassador on special mission to France, 1925. Ambassador to Argentina, 1927, 193637, Brazil, 1930-1936.
President, Mexican delegation, inaugural assembly, Pan American Institute of Geography and History, Rio de Janeiro, 1932. Signed for Mexico, anti-war pact with Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, 1933. Delegate, 7th Pan American Conference, Montevideo, 1933, Inter-American Conference for Maintenance of Peace, Buenos Aires, 1936, 2d Congress of American History, Buenos Aires, 1937.
President, board of governors, Colegio de Mexico. Ambassador on special mission to Brazil, 1938-1939. Professor, faculty of philosophy and letters, University Nacional de Mexico, 1941.
Member Junta de Historia y Numismática Americana (Buenos Aires), Académie Diplomatique Internationale (Paris), P.E.N. Club (Mexican branch), International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation (Paris). Honorary member Fundación Graça Aranha (Brazil), Institute Mexicano de Investigaciones Lingüísticas, Academy Mexicana de la Lengua. Correspondent member Academy, de la Lengua (Madrid), Academy Hispano-Americana de Ciencias y Artes (Cádiz), Academy, de Ciencias.
Bellas Letras y Nobles Artes (Cordova, Spain), Academy Argentina de Letras (Buenos Aires). Décorations: grand cross, Isabel la Católica, Spain, and Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil. Commander, Légion d’Honneur, France.
Director, literature review Monterrey. Bernardo Reyes and Aurelia Ochoa. Bachelor of Laws, University Nacional de Mexico, 1913.
Dr. honoris causa, University de Nuevo León, 1933, Tulane University, Louisiana, United States of America, and Harvard, 1942. Honorary Doctor of Law, University of California, 1941. 1 son.
professor, faculty of philosophy and letters, University Nacional de Mexico, 1941.; honorary ; correspondent.
Member Junta de Historia y Numismática Americana (Buenos Aires), Académie Diplomatique Internationale (Paris), P.E.N. Club (Mexican branch), International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation (Paris). Member Fundación Graça Aranha (Brazil), Institute Mexicano de Investigaciones Lingüísticas, Academy Mexicana de la Lengua. Member Academy, de la Lengua (Madrid), Academy Hispano-Americana de Ciencias y Artes (Cádiz), Academy, de Ciencias.
Bellas Letras y Nobles Artes (Cordova, Spain), Academy Argentina de Letras (Buenos Aires). Décorations: grand cross, Isabel la Católica, Spain, and Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil.