Background
Vallado, Silvio Arturo Zavala was born on February 7, 1909 in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. Son of Arturo Zavala and Mercedes Vallado.
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Silvio Arturo Zavala Vallado
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Degree, University del Sureste. Degree, U National Autónoma de Mexico. Degree, University Central de Madrid.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Columbia University, 1954. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Ghent, 1956. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Toulouse, France, 1965.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Montpellier, France, 1967. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Seville, Spain, 1990. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Mexico, 1996.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Colima, 1996.
Career
Secretary National Museum of Mexico, 1937-1938. Founder, director Revista de Historia de American, 1938-1965. President History Committee of Pan-American Institute of Geography and History, 1946-1965.
Director National Museum History, Chapultepec, Mexico, 1946-1954. Visiting professor University Puerto Rico, 1945, University Havana, 1946, Mexico City College, University Washington, Seattle, 1956, University Ghent, 1956. Visiting lecturer Harvard University, 1953.
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Membership
Chief section Education, Science and Culture, United Nations, 1947. Permanent delegate United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1956-1962, member executive county, 1960-1966, vice president, 1962-1964. Vice president International Council Human Sciences and PHilosophy, 1959-1965, president, 1965-1971.
Ambassador to France, 1966-1975. Honorary president committee for 450th anniversary Foundation of Méridade Yucatán, 48th International Congress of Americanists, 1994. Member executive county International Committee for History Sciences.
Member College de Mexico (president 1963-1966), El College National, 1947, National Academy History and Geography, Mexico Academy History, Mexico Academy Language, History Association England (honorary), Royal HIst. Society (London), American History Association, Academy Portuguesa de História.
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Married Huguette Joris, 1951. 4 children.
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Recipient National Literature prize History Division, Mexico, 1969, History prize Academy du Monde Latin, Paris, 1974, Grand-Croix, Ordre National du Mérite, 1975, Gran Cruz Orden Civil Alfonso X el Sabio, 1983, Architect C. Gerlach prize Panam. Institute Geography and History, 1986, Aristotle medal United Nations Educational, 1989, Citizen's Merit medal Government Mexico, 1991, medal University Complutense, Panam. Institute Geography and History, El Escorial, Spain, 1992, Aguirre Beltrán medal, Veracruz, 1996, Principe de Asturias prize in social science, 1993, Benito Juárez medal Society Mexico de Geografía y Estadística, Mexico City, 1997, Gran Cruz Orden Isabel la Católica, 1997, Morelos medal Cuernavaca, 1998, Iberoamerican History prize VII Congres of Iberoamerican Association of History Academies, 2000. Named Grand Officier Légion d'honneur, 1973.Recipient National Literature prize History Division, Mexico, 1969, History prize Academy du Monde Latin, Paris, 1974, Grand-Croix, Ordre National du Mérite, 1975, Gran Cruz Orden Civil Alfonso X el Sabio, 1983, Architect C. Gerlach prize Panam. Institute Geography and History, 1986, Aristotle medal United Nations Educational, 1989, Citizen's Merit medal Government Mexico, 1991, medal University Complutense, Panam. Institute Geography and History, El Escorial, Spain, 1992, Aguirre Beltrán medal, Veracruz, 1996, Principe de Asturias prize in social science, 1993, Benito Juárez medal Society Mexico de Geografía y Estadística, Mexico City, 1997, Gran Cruz Orden Isabel la Católica, 1997, Morelos medal Cuernavaca, 1998, Iberoamerican History prize VII Congres of Iberoamerican Association of History Academies, 2000.
Named Grand Officier Légion d'honneur, 1973.