Juan Alberto Montes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Argentine historian
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Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
About Juan Alberto Montes
- Juan Alberto Donato Montes Bradley (December 12, 1902 – June 30, 1986) was Surveyor, Historian and Trustee of the Historical Society of Rosario, author of numerous articles and essays. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- As Technical Advisor to the Comisión Nacional del RÃo Dulce, Montes oversaw tech-specs pertaining to the mega project for hydroelectric power development in Santiago del Estero, Argentina.
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- Montes was also involved -from 1948 until 1956- in planning the Ciudad Universitaria a modern campus-complex for the Universidad Nacional del Litoral in Rosario and several major improvements compiled under a single work-project known as Plan Rosario.
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- Montes was appointed by Rector to the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTN) by Héctor José Cámpora, then president of Argentina.
- At the time Montes was closely affiliated to the left-wing of the Peronist known as Montoneros.
- His son, Roald, a member of Montoneros, was killed with other partisans in La Plata on (November, 1976).
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- Montes remained as Rector of the UTN throughout the third presidential period of Juan Domingo Perón.
- The events of November of 1976 led Montes into a self-imposed exile in Rosario where he became involved in the research of the facts leading to the founding of the City Rosario, the results were later published under the title: Santiago Montenegro, fundador de la Ciudad de Rosario Juan Alberto Montes died in Rosario, Santa Fe, on June 30, 1986.
- The School of Urbanism's Library at the Universidad de Rosario was named Alberto D.
- Montes in his memory.
- On December 17, 1997, the City of Rosario ordered to rename a street after Mr.
- Montes.
- The avenue is known as "Avenida Agrimensor Alberto D.
- Montes".
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