Juan Bautista ROJO

Background

ROJO, Juan Bautista was born on November 17, 1889 in Culiacán, Sin., Mexico.

Education

Student, George Washington University, United States of America, 1917.

Career

Professor, Escuela Nacional Preparatoria. Judge, 7th criminal court, 1912. Auxiliary colonel, military justice corps, 1915.

Consulting attorney, bureau of international affairs, and ministry of foreign affairs, 1915-1916. Secretary, Joint Mexican-United States Commission, New London and Atlantic City, 1916. 1st secretary, Mexican embassy, Washington, District of Columbia, 1917, counselor, serving as chargé d’affaires ad interim, 1918-1919.

Director Mexican National Rys. (New York), organizing committee and delegate, 2d Pan American Commercial Conference, Washington. Minister plenipotentiary to Japan and titular minister to China, 1920.

Chief, bureau of government, ministry of interior, 1928: magistrate, supreme court, federal district, 1928-1934. Practice as corporation and international lawyer, since 1934. Patron. Torres Adalid welfare foundation.

Member American Academy, of Social and Political Sciences. LL.R., University Nacional de México, 1911. Patron. Torres Adalid welfare foundation.

Membership

Member governing board Pan American Union, board of director Mexican National Rys. (New York), organizing committee and delegate, 2d Pan American Commercial Conference, Washington. Member organizing committee and delegate, International Bar Association, Tokyo, 1920: chief, bureau of government, ministry of interior, 1928: magistrate, supreme court, federal district, 1928-1934.

Member American Academy, of Social and Political Sciences.

Connections

Father:

Juan B. Rojo

Mother:

Elisa de la Vega

Spouse:

Dolores Cecilia Bonillas