Adolfo López Mateos was a Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico from 1958 to 1964. Previously, he served as Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare from 1952 to 1957 and a Senator from the State of Mexico from 1946 to 1952.
Adolfo López Mateos in 1963
Adolfo López Mateos, c.1920s
National Museum of Anthropology building, opened in 1964
President Adolfo López Mateos next to the First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and the President John F. Kennedy, during their visit to Mexico in 1962
Autonomous University of Mexico State
The Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM) is a public university in the State of Mexico, Mexico. It is the largest university institution in the state with over 84,500 students, with its central campus located in the state capital of Toluca. Formalised as a university under the UAEM name in 1956, the institution traces its origins back to 1828 with the foundation Instituto Literario del Estado de México, in the former state capital of Tlalpan. In 1943 the institution was augmented to become the Instituto Científico y Literario de Toluca (ICLA), and thirteen years later obtaining its present name and institutional status.
Portraits of the notable alumni at the Museo de Historia Universitaria José María Morelos y Pavón
