Background
Colina, Rafael de la was born on September 20, 1898 in Tulancingo, Hidalgo, Mexico. Son of Manuel and Maria (Riquelme) de la Colina.
Colina, Rafael de la was born on September 20, 1898 in Tulancingo, Hidalgo, Mexico. Son of Manuel and Maria (Riquelme) de la Colina.
Master of Arts, National University Mexico, 1918. Postgraduate, Foreign Service Academy, Mexico, 1918.
Officer, foreign service of Mexico, 1918. >n. Ruth Rosecrans; children—Ruth (Mrs. Francis W. Silk), Rafael.
Chief, administrative section, consular department, Mexico City, 1923-1924. Consul in Boston, 1924-1925, New Orleans, 1925-1928, Laredo, Tex., 1928-1930, Los Angeles, California, 1930-1932. Chief, consular department, Mexico City, 1932-1933.
Chief, bureau of licenses, federal district, 1933. Consul general in San Antonio, Tex., 1934-1935, New York City, 1936-1943. Minister counselor. Mexican embassy, Washington, District of Columbia, 1943-1944, Electrical Engineer and.
Assistant general secretary, Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace, Mexico City, 1945. Bachelor of Arts and M. Sc., University Nacional de México, 1916. Career; Francis W. Silk), Rafael.
In Mexican consulate, Philadelphia. United States of America, 1918-1922. Vice-consul, Mo., 1922, Eagle Pass, Tex., 1922-1923.
;;;;; M.P., since 1944. Mexican delegate, Inter-American Economic and Financial Committee, Washington, 1943, United Nations Interim Commission on Food and Agriculture, Washington, 1943, United Nations Conference on Relief and Rehabilitation, Atlantic City, 1943, and Montreal, 1944.; ; clubs in New York City, Lawyers, Rockefeller Center Luncheon Club, in Washington, Metropolitan, University.
Contributor to reviews in Mexico and United States of America.
Author books on international law. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Member subcom. of experts, problems of foreign investments, Economic, Financial and Transit Dept, of the League of Nations, Princeton, 1943, and Ottawa, 1944. Member Society Mexicana de Historia, American Society of International Law, Foreign Press Association.
Married Ruth Rosecrans, 1920 (deceased 1929). Children: Ruth (Mistress Francis W. Silk), Rafael. Married Amanda Steinmeyer, 1944.