Background
GOROSTIZA, José was born on November 10, 1901 in Vallahermosa, Tabasco. Son of Celestino Gorostiza and Elvira Alcalá de Gorostiza.
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José Gorostiza
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Bachelor of Arts, National Preparatory School, 1920. Student school law, National U., 1921-1923.
Career
Diplomatic posts, London, 1927-1928. Professor literature National U., Mexico, 1928-1936. Professor of history National Teachers School, 1932-1936.
Chief department publicity, Ministry Foreign Affiars, 1936. Diplomatic posts, Copenhagen, 1937, Rome, 1939-1940, Guatemala, 1940, Havana, 1941-1943, The Hague, Athens, 1950-1951. Director-general diplomatic service, 1943-1949.
Ambassador, deputy permanent representative of Mexico to United Nations, 1951. Undersecretary for foreign relations, 1953-1964, secretary for foreign relations, 1964. President Mexican National Nuclear Energy Committee, 1965-1971.
Counsellor Department National Patrimony, 1971-1973. Representative international conference, Chapultepec, 1944, San Francisco, 1945, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1945, 1950, 1951, Rio de Janeiro, 1947, Bogota, 1948, General Assembly United Nations, 1949, 1952, ECOSOG, 1951.
Works
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Membership
Member Mexican Academy of the Language.
Connections
Married Josefina Ortega, February 26, 1938. Children: Luis, Marta, Jose.
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Awards
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Decorated Orden del Libertador (Argentina), Orden Carlos Manuel de Cespedes (Cuba), Orden de la Estrella Brillante (China), Orden Al Merito (Ecuador), Orden Yasco Nunez de Balboa (Panama), Orden del Libertador (Venezuela, Orden del Quetzal (Guatemala), Estrella de Etiopia (Ethiopia), A Merito Bennardo O’Higgins (Chile), Al Merito (Federal Republic of Germany), Al Merito por Servicios Distinguidos (Peru), Honor of Merito (Haiti), Orden de la Bandero (Yugoslavia), Orden del Merito (U.A.R.), Al Merito (Italy), Orden de Leopoldo II (Belgium), Orden del Tesoro Sagrado (Japan), Orden de la Liberacion de la Republica Espanola (Spanish Republic), Orden de Polonia Restituta (Poland), Orden National del Cedro (Lebanon), Orden del Crucero del Sur (Brazil). Recipient Mazatlan Literature award, 1965. Mexican National award for Literature, 1968.Decorated Orden del Libertador (Argentina), Orden Carlos Manuel de Cespedes (Cuba), Orden de la Estrella Brillante (China), Orden Al Merito (Ecuador), Orden Yasco Nunez de Balboa (Panama), Orden del Libertador (Venezuela, Orden del Quetzal (Guatemala), Estrella de Etiopia (Ethiopia), A Merito Bennardo O’Higgins (Chile), Al Merito (Federal Republic of Germany), Al Merito por Servicios Distinguidos (Peru), Honor of Merito (Haiti), Orden de la Bandero (Yugoslavia), Orden del Merito (U.A.R.), Al Merito (Italy), Orden de Leopoldo II (Belgium), Orden del Tesoro Sagrado (Japan), Orden de la Liberacion de la Republica Espanola (Spanish Republic), Orden de Polonia Restituta (Poland), Orden National del Cedro (Lebanon), Orden del Crucero del Sur (Brazil). Recipient Mazatlan Literature award, 1965. Mexican National award for Literature, 1968.