Background
Pérez-Tamayo, Ruy was born on November 8, 1924 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Son of Rafael Pérez y Pérez and María Tamayo de Pérez.
Pérez-Tamayo, Ruy was born on November 8, 1924 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Son of Rafael Pérez y Pérez and María Tamayo de Pérez.
Doctor of Medicine, National University Mexico, Mexico City, 1949. Postgraduate, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Autunomous University Yucatán, Mexico, 1980.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Autonomous University Puebla, Mexico, 1993. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Autonomous University Colima, Mexico, 1994.
Fellow in pathology National Heart Institute, Mexico City, 1945-1949. Kellogg fellow in pathology Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, 1950-1952. Professor pathology National University Mexico School Medicine, since 1953, chairman department pathology, 1954-1967, head department experimental medicine, since 1984, governing board, 1983-1993, director seminar for science and philosophical problems, 1993.
Head department cell biology biomedical Research Institute, Mexico City, 1967-1974. Head department pathology National Institute Nutrition, Mexico City, 1974-1984. Member science advisory council President of Republic, Mexico City, since 1989.
Member advisory council to general director National Council of Scientific and Technology, Mexico City, since 1990.
Member Mexican Council Pathology (president 1973-1977), Mexican Academy Languages.
Married Irmgard Montfort-Happel, April 15, 1950. Children: Ruy, Isabel, Ricardo.