Alfonso Fernando Pons-Muzzo

Background

Pons-Muzzo, Alfonso Fernando was born on May 17, 1914 in Tacna, Peru. Son of Bartolome Pons and Elsa Muzzo.

Education

Degree in сivil engineering, Lima (Peru) Engineering School, 1937; postgraduate, U. North Carolina, 1941-1942; Master of Science in Sanitary Engineering, Harvard University, 1943; certified in soil mechanics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1943.

Career

Assistant, Ricardo Malachowsky Archs., Lima, 1937-1939; designer, builder water supply, Peruvian Bureau Public Works, Lima, 1939-1941; chief of engineering Office Master Plan Sewerage for Great Lima, Peruvian Bureau Public Works, Lima, 1943-1945; chief of engineering Planning and Design Office Great Lima, Peruvian Bureau Public Works, Lima, 1945-1949; private practice, A & F Wiese S.A., Fca. Peruana Eternit, others, Lima, 1949-1951; partner, general manager, Corporation de Ingeniería Civil S.A., Lima, 1951-1969; also board directors, Corporation de Ingeniería Civil S.A., Lima executive president, chairman, Corporation de Ingeniería, Lima, since 1969; also board directors, Corporation de Ingeniería, Lima. Board directors Cía Urbanizadora La Poblana S.A., Lima, Fábrica Peruana Eternit S.A., Lima.

Member of faculty Pontificia University Catholic, Lima, 1944-1946, Institute Urban Planning, Lima, 1944-1948. Member of faculty civil and sanitary engineering National U. Engineering, Lima, 1946-1963, professor emeritus faculty sanitary engineering, since 1948, professor emeritus university, since 1971. President 5th Interam.

Congress Sanitary Engineering, Lima. Consultant in planning, design and construction various water purification and sewage plants, Peru. Speaker in field.

Achievements

• Alfonso Fernando Pons-Muzzo has been listed as a noteworthy Sanitary engineering company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active Commission to take charge of organization Ministry Public Works, 1946. Board directors Reconstrn. City of Cusco After the Earthquake, 1956.

Member Commission to Update National Office City Planning and Water Works and Sewage, 1956. Advisor Municipality of Lima, 1960-1962, Ministry of Housing, 1970-1976, 90-91, 93. Member of commission to regulate construction prices Ministry Public Works, 1972.

Advisor Ministry of Presidency-Superintendent Water Works and Sewage, 1993. Donor, designer, builder of an enlargement Cayetano Hospital, Lima. Fellow Rockefeller Foundation, Club Social Tacna, La Honda, Club Regatas Lima.

Member Engineering Society Peru, Association Ingenieros Contratistas (president), College of Engineers of Peru (honorary), Peruvian Association Sanitary Engineers (president), American Waterworks Association (life), Interam. Association Sanitary Engineering, Peruvian Chamber of Construction (honorary, vice president), Cuerpo Técnico Tasaciones, Institute Urbanismo Planificación, Los Inkas Country Club (life).

Interests

• Avocations: golf, chess, music.

Connections

Married Elvira Fernandez-Maldonado Vargas, August 30, 1941. Children: Eliana, Mariella, Elvira, Fernando.

Father:

Bartolome Pons

Mother:

Elsa Muzzo

Spouse:

Elvira Fernandez-Maldonado Vargas

child:

Elvira Pons-Muzzo

child:

Mariella Pons-Muzzo

child:

Fernando Pons-Muzzo

child:

Eliana Pons-Muzzo