Families friends, intellectuals and public officials attended the funeral of this remarkable humanist and former public servant, who highlighted by his extensive knowledge in history, philosophy, economics, law, anthropology, literature and art criticism, in addition to his role as teacher coupled with her generosity and warmth.
While 17 years ago moved his residence to Coatepec, Veracruz, the death occurred as a result of respiratory failure, said Yuriria Iturriaga, one of the four children that the former ambassador to the former Soviet Union and Portugal fathered with his wife Maria Eugenia de la Fuente.
The government of Mexico City through the Historical Center Authority, supported by the National Autonomous University of Mexico, we will honor this body on Monday, a the 13 pm in the Amphitheater of the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, announced the general director of the Historic Center Trust, Inti Muñoz.
This act reflects the fact that the Mexican intellectual notable, besides being a precursor of the World Heritage concept, adopted by the Organization of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), was one of the main architects of the rescue and the designation of the Historic Center of Mexico City, a task to which he devoted more than three decades.
After the ceremony, his remains will be interred in the Pantheon Garden, although at press time, was handled informally the possibility of a homage, in the Palacio de Bellas Artes.
Jose Iturriaga was born on April 10, 1912 in the capital of the Republic. Before entering public service, in which he served for 30 years as Deputy National Finance in addition to diplomacy, brought from a very young age of 60 offices, including Boots and mining.
Contemporary writers like Andrew Henestrosa, intellectuals published a dozen titles and was awarded the Belisario Domínguez medal, awarded by the Senate, and Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Veracruz by Congress and the Medal Merit of the Universidad Veracruzana.
Three main legacies family, friends and disciples recognize him. On the one hand, his unimpeachable integrity as a public servant (the paradigm of ethics, said Guillermo Tovar de Teresa), on the other, generous as professor of several generations who have excelled in different areas national life and, finally, his love of country and pride in serving.
His main legacy is the official beginning of honest, incorruptible, to serve the nation and not use it. Always proclaimed that we were honest, because that way there would be a rascal less in the world. One of his main legacies, then, public morality, highlighted Yuriria Iturriaga.
"It was a recalcitrant Juarez, Juarez has always been his model. It seemed very important to the culture, history, culture and history in general of all that is a people.
he was also very important cultural heritage. Even one of the pioneers of the concept of Heritage, adopted by UNESCO, and authored the author of an expression that became global: Historic Center.
Meanwhile, Gabriel and Jose Iturriaga, humanist children also recalled as he liked to proclaim the maximum we are what we do, and considered that the main legacy of his father's respect and love of country in addition to their vocation to share his vast knowledge.
was a strong advocate for the best causes of Mexico that the country remains independent to external shocks, and well-prepared Mexican shaping said.
never gave professorship at the university, but trained many generations of those who left some of those who have ruled us. His greatest legacy was to teach young people must fight for their country, defend and preserve it as an independent nation. Their children, who are atheists, we said that our religion was the homeland.
close friend of Don José, Carlos Payan, meanwhile, felt that with the death of the last Republican Iturriaga died, in addition to being lost at an extraordinary human being and generous, committed to good causes and a fine sense of humor.
was probably one of the first researchers who worked in Washington files on Mexico's relations with the United States released all he found, said the founding director of La Jornada. He worked many times in public administration was a wise man of Mexican politics.
According to historian Guillermo Tovar y de Teresa, Jose Iturriaga always saw the country rather than their own interests as well as who sacrificed much of his work for his work as a teacher.
of Mexico knew everything: not only had great knowledge of the past, but a great sense of this. He was so warm and clear, one of those characters that we should not forget, because they are serving as a reference example in the human, ethical and intellectual.
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