Background
Orfila Reynal, Arnaldo was born in 1897 in La Plata, Argentina.
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Arnaldo Orfila Reynal
Edit ProfileLeader of the university autonomy movement
Education
Primary, secondary and preparatory studies in La Plata. Ph.D. in chemistry, University of La Plata. Director, Popular University Alejandro Korn, Argentina.
Director and founder, Socialist University, Argentina.
Career
Chemist until 1942; journalist. Founder, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Argentina, 1945-1948. Director General of Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico, 1948-1965.
Director General and founder, Siglo XXI Publishers, since 1965. Member of the Governing Board, Cuadernos Americanos, since 1979. Director of various newspapers and magazines.
Religion
Roman Catholic
Membership
Leader of the university autonomy movement, 1918. Represented Argentina at the 1st International Congress of Students, Mexico City, 1921.
