José del Carmen Marín Arista was born on March 2, 1899 in the department of Amazonas.
He went to the Military academy in 1917 and on the following year, he went to the top division (today Officer Candidate School) from which he graduated with honours in 1922.
In 1927, he graduates as Bachelor in Mathematical Sciences in the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and as a military engineer in the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Versailles, France.
He graduates here with honours too and with the second place of honour of his class.
When he returns, he founds the School and the Service of Transmissions.