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University of Valle
This is a list of people associated with the University of Valle, Colombia. This list includes nationally or internationally notable alumni, current or previous faculty and staff members, and its former rectors. The University of Valle is a public, departmental, coeducational, research university based primarily in the city of Cali, Valle del Cauca. It is the largest higher education institution by student population in the southwest of the country, and the third in Colombia, with more than 30,320 students.[1][2] Each year, about 2,300 undergraduate[3] and 600 postgraduate[4] students finish their studies.
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Alumni
Faculty of Administration Sciences
Name |
Class year |
Notability |
Reference(s) |
Claudia Arbelaez Alzate |
2004 |
Industrial Engineer and Master in Business Administration; Human Resources Manager at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Colombia |
[5] |
Alberto José Carvajal Lourido |
1967 |
Master in Industrial Administration; former Director of Proexport, president of Grupo Carvajal (-2001); former President of the Colombian Institute of Administration; former regional president of the National Association of Industrials; honorary member of the Board of Directors of Grupo Carvajal and the board of the Carvajal Foundation |
[5][6] |
Esther América Paz Montoya |
1979 |
Business administrator; former president (2001-2007); vice-president for operations; vice-president for Finances and Credit of the Banco AV Villas; member of the board of directors of the Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores |
[5][7][8] |
Eliécer Bocanegra Romero |
1992 |
Master in Business Administration; Vice-president for Manufacturing at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Colombia |
[5] |
Alfredo Carvajal Sinisterra |
1968 |
Master in Industrial Administration; former member of the boards of directors of the National Agency for Hydrocarbons, the Business Committee of Valle del Cauca, and the Colombian Petroleum Company (Ecopetrol); served as High Commissioner for Peace, member of the City council and Mayor of Cali, Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Administration of the Georgia Institute of Technology; president of Grupo Carvajal (2001-2008) |
[5][9][10][11] |
Sabas Pretelt de la Vega |
1971 |
Master in Business Administration; former President of the National Federation of Traders (Fenalco), Ministry of the Interior and Justice and ambassador of Colombia in Italy |
[12][13] |
Faculty of Engineering
Name |
Class year |
Notability |
Reference(s) |
Sandra Milena Gualtero Bolaños |
2000 |
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[5] |
Jesús Hernán Montoya Calle |
1977 |
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[5] |
Jaime Dario Colmenares Corzo |
1996 |
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[5] |
Guillermo Viecco González |
1972 |
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[5] |
Batutin Altman Kaliser |
1970 |
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[5] |
Eduardo Sánchez Mejía |
1975 |
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[5] |
Juan Manuel Gers Ospina |
1975 |
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[5] |
Héctor Collazos Peñaloza |
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[5] |
Antonio Navarro Wolff |
1972 |
Politician; former leader of the M-19 guerrilla; former member of the senate; former presidential candidate; current governor of the Nariño Department |
[5][5][14][15] |
Faculty of Health
Name |
Class year |
Notability |
Reference(s) |
Luis Gabriel Cuervo Amore |
1994 |
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[5] |
Saúl Balagura |
1964 |
Artist and poet |
[16] |
Anna Fernanda Falabella Botero |
|
Dermatologist; voluntary Associate Professor at the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery of the University of Miami |
[5][17] |
Nubia Muñoz Calero |
1964 |
Medical researcher; worked in the discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer |
[18][19][20][21] |
Jaime Eduardo Calonje Daly |
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[5] |
José Gilberto Montoya González |
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Associate Professor at the Department of Medicine of Stanford University |
[5] |
María del Pilar Bernal Guzmán |
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[5] |
Flavio Enrique Santander Lora |
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[5] |
Pilar Bernal De Pheils |
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Clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing |
[22] |
Helena Espinosa de Restrepo |
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[5] |
Héctor Fabio Cruz Rivera |
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[5] |
Lucy Muñoz de Rodríguez |
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[5] |
Dilian Francisca Toro |
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Senator of Colombia |
[23] |
Rodrigo Guerrero Velasco |
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Mayor of Cali |
[5] |
Fernando Gómez Villafañe |
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[5] |
Faculty of Integrated Arts
Faculty of Natural and Exact Sciences
Name |
Class year |
Notability |
Reference(s) |
Sandra Bessudo |
DNF |
Marine biologist; professional diver and environmentalist; High Advisor for Environmental Policy, Biodiversity, Water and Climate Change; Minister-appointed head of Environment and Sustainable Growth of Colombia; former Head of the Malpelo Foundation |
[37] |
Johans Restrepo Cardenas |
1995 |
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[5] |
Maria Corena-McLeod |
1990 |
Distinguished researcher; Chief Scientific Officer at the World Solutions Against Infectious Diseases; former Director of the Newborn Screening Laboratory at Florida Department Of Health |
[38] |
Raúl Cuero |
1970 |
Distinguished researcher in biotechnology at Texas A&M University; collaborator of NASA |
[5][39] |
José Fernando Escobar |
1977 |
Mathematician; former professor of the Mathematics Department at Cornell University José Fernando Escobar Velásquez (q.e.p.d.): Egresado del programa académico de Matemáticas de la Universidad del Valle en el año de 1977. Recibió la Presidential Faculty Fellowship, president of U.S.A. and National Science Foundation. Sus artículos y libros han servido de base para jóvenes investigadores. Participó como profesor invitado de muchas universidades de gran prestigio. En testimonio de gratitud con la Universidad del Valle, dejó de su patrimonio personal un legado representado en una ingente suma de dinero en dólares, destinados para crear una beca para aspirantes a estudiar Matemáticas en este claustro. Dicho dinero fue enviado a la Fundación de la Universidad del Valle para la creación de la «BECA CHEPE ESCOBAR» , que empezará a regir a partir de Mayo del año 2006. |
[5][40][41] |
Carlos Alberto Martínez Mejía |
1995 |
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[5] |
Ana Nora Donaldson |
1976 |
Mathematician from the Universidad del Valle; Current professor of Biostatistics in the Magister of Estadistica at Universidad del Valle. Former professor of the Mathematics Department at Universidad del Valle and former professor of Biostatistics at King’s College London University of London: Ana Nora Donaldson obtained her Bsc degree in Mathematics at the Universidad del Valle, Cali Colombia in 1976. In 1979, Ana Nora was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship and support from the Latin American Scholarship Program for American Universities LASPAU to pursue post-graduate studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University for her Msc in Applied Statistics and at the University of Maryland for her PhD in Mathematical Statistics. Ana Nora has published numerous research papers in clinical, social and medical research and has been invited member of the Editorial Board of many prestigious international journals (e.g. International Journal of Surgery; Odontology; Health & Dental Management, OMICS Publishing Group).
Ana Nora is affiliated as a Visiting Professor in many universities of international reputation: State University of New York at Stony Brook, Simons Center for Geometry & Physics, King’s College London and King’s College Hospital, Universidad del Valle and is invited member of the Scientific Advisory Board of International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISQOL) (From July 2018) and invited Member of the Scientific Committee for the Revista Ciencias Univalle.
Thanks to a generous donation by the winners of the Breakthrough Prizes in Mathematics in 2015, the IMU The International Mathematical Union, with the assistance of FIMU Friends of the IMU and TWAS The World Academy of Sciences, launched a fellowship program to support postgraduate studies, in a developing country, leading to a PhD degree in the mathematical sciences. One of the winners was Sir Simon Donaldson, Ana Nora's husband. Sir Simon and Ana Nora ear-marked part of Donaldson’s donation to a PhD student of Univalle, specializing in Differential Geometry. |
[5] |
Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics
Name |
Class year |
Notability |
Reference(s) |
Munir Andres Jalil Barney |
1998 |
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[5] |
Javier Fernández Riva |
1971 |
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[5] |
Institute of Education and Pedagogy
Rectors
Name |
Term |
Highlights |
Reference |
Ivan Enrique Ramos Calderón |
2003-present |
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Oscar Rojas Rentería |
1999–2003 |
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Emilio Aljure Nasser |
1998–1999 |
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Carlos Dulcey |
1998 |
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Jaime Galarza Sanclemente |
1991–1998 |
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Harold José Rizo Otero |
1984–1991 |
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Rodrigo Guerrero Velasco |
1982–1984 |
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Jaime López |
1981–1982 |
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Carlos Augusto Trujillo Padilla |
1980–1981 |
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Antonio Barberena Saavedra |
1979–1980 |
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Alvaro Escobar Navia |
1974–1979 |
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Alberto León Betancourt |
1972–1974 |
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Hugo Restrepo Ramírez |
1971–1972 |
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Alfonso Ocampo Londoño |
1966–1971 |
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Mario Carvajal |
1954–1966 |
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Jorge Vergara Delgado |
1952–1954 |
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Carlos Arturo Cabal |
1950–1952 |
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Hernán Cruz Riascos |
1949–1950 |
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Tulio Ramírez Rojas |
1945–1949 |
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Notes
- ↑ "Universidad del Valle en cifras - Semestre II, 2008" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-03-03.
- ↑ "Estudio comparativo de cuatro Universidades Públicas Colombianas" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 28, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ↑ OPDI 2008, p. 43
- ↑ OPDI 2008, p. 50
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 "Programa Institucional de Egresados / Universidad del Valle / Cali, Colombia" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ↑ "Organizational Chart". Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
- ↑ "JUNTA DIRECTIVA GRUPO AVAL ACCIONES Y VALORES S.A. 2009 - 2010" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ↑ "Noticias-Relevo en presidencia del Banco AV Villas, Articulo OnLine" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ↑ "HOMENAJE A UN VALLECAUCANO EJEMPLAR - Alfredo Carvajal Sinisterra" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ↑ "Revolcón en Carvajal | ELESPECTADOR.COM" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ↑ "Semblanza y Obra del Dr. Alfredo Carvajal Sinisterrra" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ↑ "ColombiaLink.com - SABAS PRETELT DE LA VEGA - BIOGRAFIA Y FOTOS - MINISTRO DEL INTERIOR Y JUSTICIA". Archived from the original on 2008-08-03. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ↑ "El poder en Colombia, Articulo Impreso Archivado" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-05-14.
- ↑ "Perfil de Antonio Navarro | Documentos | Polo Democrático Alternativo". Archived from the original on 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ↑ "Gobernación de Nariño, Gobernación de Nariño - Gobernador". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ↑ "The Artful Brain". Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ↑ "Voluntary Faculty - Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery". Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ↑ "Nubia Muñoz". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ↑ "Colombian Dr. Nubia Muñoz was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine 2008 (Poorbuthappy in Colombia!)". Archived from the original on 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ↑ "La colombiana Nubia Muñoz gana prestigioso premio en medicina, Articulo OnLine" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ↑ "Brupbacher prize to Nubia Munoz and Sir Richard Peto". Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ↑ "Pilar Bernal de Pheils Named to Top 25 NP Professors". Retrieved 2015-05-16.
- ↑ "Dilian Francisca Toro Torres - La Silla Vacía" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
- ↑ "Página de Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal. Centro Virtual Isaacs: portal cultural del pacífico colombiano". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ↑ "Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, GUSTAVO ALVAREZ GARDEAZABAL". Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ↑ "Andrés Caicedo" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-07-02. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
- ↑ "Alba Lucía Potes Cortés: Compositora colombiana" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
- ↑ "Recital del Maestro Juan Carlos Mera Euler - Calendario de Eventos de la Universidad del Valle" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-03-29.
- ↑ "El Pais - Cali Colombia" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-03-29.
- ↑ "Carlos Moreno - director" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- ↑ "Filme de egresado representará a Colombia en los Premios Oscar" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-12-27.
- ↑ "'Crab Trap' represents Colombia at Academy Awards". colombiareports. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
- ↑ "Carlos Barbosa - actor" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ↑ "Proimágenes en Movimiento" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- ↑ "Designada Patricia Villegas como presidenta de Telesur" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ↑ "Nueva presidenta de TeleSUR, Universidad del Valle / Cali, Colombia" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ↑ "Sandra Bessudo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-04-02.
- ↑ "50 Lideres", Revista Cambio, Issue 750, November 15-21-2007. "50 Líderes" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-01-01. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
- ↑ "RAUL G. CUERO, PH.D." Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ↑ "Chepe Escobar" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ↑ "Jfescobar". Archived from the original on 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ↑ "S.E. Sra. Claudia Blum, Representante Permanente de Colombia". Archived from the original on 2008-06-13. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ↑ "PRESIDENTE POSESIONA A CLAUDIA BLUM COMO EMBAJADORA ANTE LA ONU" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-05-14.
- ↑ "Luis Carlos Figueroa: Compositor colombiano, Luis Carlos Figueroa - compositor colombiano" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2009-03-10. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
- ↑ "Ph.D. Pedro Prieto Pulido". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
- ↑ "Pedro Prieto - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ↑ "APS Fellowships - Archive (1995-present)". Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ↑ "Ciencia al Día" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-03-05.
- ↑ "Socrates Herrera - Galeria Cientificos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-03-05.
- ↑ West-Eberhard, MJ (2009). BIO. Evol Dev. 11 (1): 8–10. doi:10.1111/j.1525-142X.2008.00297.x. PMID 19196328.
- ↑ Zuk M. (2004). 2003 Sewall Wright Award: Mary Jane West‐Eberhard" American Naturalist 163:1, i-ii. doi:10.1086/381946
- ↑ "Centro Virtual Isaacs - Biografía de Estanislao Zuleta" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
- ↑ "Centro Virtual Isaacs - Cronología de Estanislao Zuleta". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
- ↑ "Profesores / Comunicación Social / Universidad del Valle (Cali, Colombia)" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-03-11.
- ↑ "Claudia Palacios - CNN en Español". Retrieved 2009-02-21.
References
- Oficina de Planeación y Desarrollo Institucional (OPDI) (2008). Anuario Estadístico 2007 (PDF). Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia: Universidad del Valle.
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Academics |
- Faculty of Administration Sciences
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Health
- Faculty of Humanities
- Faculty of Integrated Arts
- Faculty of Natural and Exact Sciences
- Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences
- Institute of Education and Pedagogy
- Institute of Psychology
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Campus |
- San Fernando Campus
- University City of Valle
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Regional Campuses |
- Pacific
- Buga
- Caicedonia
- Cartago
- Palmira
- Northern Cauca
- Tulúa
- Yumbo
- Zarzal
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