Hector Rezzio Croxatto

Background

Croxatto, Hector Rezzio was born on July 3, 1907 in Valparaíso, Chile. Son of David Superno Croxatto and Angela Solari Rezzio.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Catholic University of Chile, Santiago Doctor of Science (honorary), Pontifica U. Católica, Santiago, 1983.

Career

Professor physiology, Physical Education Institute, Santiago, 1930-1972; professor physiology, Medical School Pontificia U. Católica, Santiago, 1938-1996; director department natural science and mathematics, U. Chile, Santiago, 1961-1968; director, founder, Center for Training and Improvement of Teachers Tasks, Santiago, 1965-1969. Visiting professor Harvard Medical School, 1945-1946, Hamburg U. department pharmacology,1967, Institute Superiore de Sanita department chemistry, Rome, 1970, Catholic U. department chemistry, Rome, 1972, Cleveland Clinic department chemistry, 1990.

Achievements

• Hector Rezzio Croxatto has been listed as a noteworthy Physiology educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Superior Education Council, Santiago, 1992-1994, Presidential National Council for Science Development, since 1994. Honorary president Chilean Hypertension Foundation. Honorary member Chilean Science Society, 1989.

Member Chilean Academy Sciences Santiago (honorary), Chilean Academy Medicine, Pontifical Academy Sciences (Vatican), Academy Laino Americana de Ciencias (Venezuela) (president 1991).

Connections

Married Viola Mendel Avoni. Children: Alice, Hector, Horacio.

Father:

David Superno Croxatto

Mother:

Angela Solari Rezzio

Spouse:

Viola Mendel Avoni

child:

Alice Croxatto

child:

Horacio Croxatto

child:

Hector Croxatto