Gastón Pons Muzzo

Gastón Pons Muzzo (

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1922 – January 6, 2004) was a

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vian

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. He was born in

Tacna Tacna was known for its mining industry; it had significant deposits of sodium nitrate and other resources. Its economic prosperity attracted a wave of immigrants from Italy. Today, their Italian Peruvian descendants live in the city and many of t ...

and joined

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staff in the 1960s to lecture

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at the Department of Chemistry. He also was known for his teaching of physical chemistry and for his accompanying textbook. He was elected as

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in 1964 and remained in office until 1967. He was elected as president of

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between 1974 and 1977 and was

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of the university. In 1985, when his term ended, he was awarded by then Peru's official

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, ''Miguel Ángel Cusiánovich'', in recognition of his role as rector. Before his retirement from

, he was appointed to another term in Peru's chemical society from 1988 to 1989. During the late 1990s, he was elected president of the commission which eventually established ''"María Inmaculada de Magdalena University"'', but health problems led him retire. He died on January 6, 2004, in

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...

at the age of 81. 1920s births 2004 deaths Peruvian chemists {{Chemist-stub