Eugenio Méndez Docurro (April 17, 1923 – August 23, 2015) was a Mexican

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and politician. He served as the Secretary of Communications and Transportation from 1970 to 1976 during the administration of former

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. He also served as the director of the

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(IPN) from 1959 until 1962, as well as the first director of the

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(CONACYT) upon its creation on December 29, 1970. Méndez Docurro was born in

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in 1923. He studied at the Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica (ESIME). He received a Masters of Science from

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and the electronics laboratory at the

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. He died in

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on August 23, 2015, at the age of 92.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mendez, Eugenio 1923 births 2015 deaths Secretaries of communications and transportation of Mexico Mexican engineers Academic staff of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional Harvard University alumni University of Paris alumni Politicians from Veracruz

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