Background
MARTÍNEZ TORNEL, Pedro was born on October 29, 1893 in Jalapa, Ver., Mexico.
MARTÍNEZ TORNEL, Pedro was born on October 29, 1893 in Jalapa, Ver., Mexico.
Educated Escuela Nacional Preparatoria. Civil Engineer, University Nacional de México, 1918.
Engineer, Ferrocarriles Nacionales in Tehuantepec, 1916-1918, assistant, chief engineer, 1935-1937, at present counselor. Engineer and tech, inspector, ministry of communications and public works, 1919-1922, technical inspector of rys. and member commission on tariffs, 192532, director general of construction of rys., 1941-1943, under-secretary since 1943. Superintendent, free port of Salina Cruz, Oax., 1923.
Chief, drainage sect, of the central department, 1924. Assistant director of post and telegraph, 1933-1934. Chief, construction department, national irrigation commission, 1938-1940.
Professor., engineering school, University Nacional de México, since 1928, at present director general. Vicepres., Ferrocarril Kansas City, México y Oriente. President Mexican delegation, Congreso Permanente Sud-Amcricano de Ferrocarriles, Buenos Aires.
Member Asociación de Ingenieros y Arquitectos de México, Asociación Mexicana de Higiene y Seguridad, American Ry. Association of Civil Engineers, American Society of Mech. Engineers, American Society of Testing Materials.
Member Asociación de Ingenieros y Arquitectos de México, Asociación Mexicana de Higiene y Seguridad, American Ry. Association of Civil Engineers, American Society of Mech. Engineers, American Society of Testing Materials.