Background

D.F., August Son of José dé Jesús Pruneda and Guadalupe Garcia Navarrete de Pruneda.

Career

Section head in the Secretariat of Public Education, 1905-1911. Director of the School of Higher Studies of the University of Mexico, 1911-1912. Director of the Superior School of Commerce and Administration, 1918-1920.

Secretary-general of the Department of Public Health, 1920-1924. Rector of the University of Mexico, 1924-1928. Director-general of “Acción Cívica,” 1928-1930.

Head of the Department of Fine Arts, 19301931. Counselor of the Secretariat of Public Education since 1931. President of the Mexican Commission for Intellectual Co-operation since 1931.

Titular professor of general pathology in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Mexico. Id. of social hygiene in the Superior Normal School of the same University.

Membership

Academia Na cional de Medicina (permanent secretary). Ateneo de Ciencias y Artes de Mexico.

Connections

Married Dolores Batres. Children: Leopoldo, Fernando, Alfonso, Guadalupe, and Dolores.

Father:

José dé Jesús Pruneda

Mother:

Guadalupe Garcia Navarrete de Pruneda

Spouse:

Dolores Batres

child:

Leopoldo

child:

Fernando

child:

Alfonso

child:

Guadalupe

child:

Dolores