Baz de Prada, Gustavo was born on May 1, 1894 in Tlalnepantla, México. Personal friend of Manuel Gual Vidal, secretary of education, 1946-1952 son Gustavo is married to the daughter of Pasqual Gutiérrez Roldán. Was the personal physician of Manuel Avila Camacho before he became president.
Primary and secondary studies, Guadalajara. Preparatory studies, Scientific and Literary Institute of Toluca, México. Began professional studies at the Military Medical School, 1913, on a scholarship.
Medical degree from the National School of Medicine, United Nations AM, March 1, 1920. Graduate studies in the United States at Harvard University, Boston University, and the Agustana Hospital in Chicago. Studies in Europe on a private scholarship.
Director, National School of Medicine, National Autonomous University, 1935-1936. Professor of Medicine at the National School of Medicine, National Autonomous University, 1920-1946. Rector of National Autonomous University, 1939-1940.
Governor of México, 1957-1963. Senator from the State of México, 1976-1982. Member of the League of Professionals and Intellectuals of the Party of the Mexican Revolution, 1939, member of the Advisory Committee of the Institute of Economic, Political, and Social Studies of Institutional Revolutionary Party, 1972.
Chief of Medical Services, Hospital Juárez, Mexico City, 1925. Secretary of Health and Public Welfare, 1940-1946. Director of the Hospital of Jesus, 1952-1957.
Chairman of the Trust Fund of the Hospital of Jesus, 1964-1970. Director of the Military Medical School, 1936-1939. Created the Social Service for Medical Students in Mexico, 1938.
Initiated the standard method of medical documentation in Mexico, 1925. Practicing physician. Joined the Revolution, 1914-1915.
Served as a Colonel under Emiliano Zapata. Rank of General; Military Governor of the State of México, 1918. Donated salary to maternal and child welfare centers when he served as Secretary of Health.
Roman Catholic
President of the Student Society at the National School of Medicine.
Spouse Elena Diaz Lombardo.
