Hilario Fernández Long (12 September 1918 – 23 December 2002) was an

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and educator. He was born in

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and was of

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and

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descent. He graduated as a Civil Engineer from the University of Buenos Aires in 1941 and his professional life was centered on structural engineering. He participated in, among other projects, the construction of the Argentine National Library, the Buenos Aires IBM Building and the Zárate–Brazo Largo and Chaco-

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bridges. He pioneered the use of computer tools in his discipline. He coauthored many technical articles, and published an ''Introduction to Go'' and a ''Go Manual'' that were instrumentals in the introduction of the game in Argentina. Besides his teaching activities in several universities, he was the dean of the Engineering School and ''Rector'' (i.e. President) of the

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. After Juan Carlos Onganía's

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in 1966, he resigned as the University autonomy was violated in the '' Noche de los Bastones Largos'' (Long Stick's Night) when the police entered by force in the campuses, beating students and professors, effectively ending the so-called "Golden Age" of the Buenos Aires University. His political commitment was reaffirmed when President

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nominated him as a member of the CONADEP commission that investigated the fate of the

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. After retirement, he was distinguished as

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Professor of both the

and the

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and

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of the University of Buenos Aires. He died in

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. He belonged to several organizations: *Structural Engineer Association (honor member) *National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences *National Education Academy *American Society of Civil Engineering (life member) *Argentine Go Association (founding member) *Argentine Center of Engineers *Asamblea Permanente pro Derechos Humanos – APDH (Permanent Assembly for Human Rights – member of the Presidency council)

External links

''Engineering of a Golden Age'' Interview to Hilario Fernández Long. In Spanish
*The first version of this article was translated from Spanish fro
Enciclopedia Libre Universal
under

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