Born: July 12th 1909, Irapuato, México
+ August 4th 2001, México City. The author taken from: International Who's Who of Intellectuals ALBERTO P. LEÓN Professor and founder of the cathedra of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine Dr. Alberto P. León was born in Irapuato, Mexico, on July 12th 1909. He gained his
BS degree at the Preparatory School of Aguascalientes in 1926; his MD at the National University of Mexico in 1933; and MPH degree at the Harvard School of Public Health, USA in 1936. He was Professor of Bacteriology and Immunology at the School of Medicine, National University of Mexico from 1946 to 1950 and since 1946 Professor of Clinics for Infections Diseases. He worked for the Department of Public Health from 1930 to 1934, doing his recidency with the Medical Emergency Services of the City of Mexico during 1932 to 1933. He was Consulting Physician of the Department of Public Welfare of Mexico in 1933 and held similar post plus that of Chielf of Internal Medicine of the
Spanish Hospital of Mexico City from 1933 to 1934.
1939 Dr. Alberto P. León was General Secretary of the Mexican Department of Health. For his studies at the Harvard School of Public Health during 1934 to 1936,
Dr. Alberto León received a Fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation. In 1936 he became Technical Supervisor of the Department of Public Health in Mexico, after which he was Founder and Director of the Office of Epidemiology, of the same Department, from 1937 to 1940 and Founder and Director of the Institute of the BCG of Mexico
from 1948 to 1965.
1938 to 1988 investigator at the Institute for Tropical Diseases in Mexico
(Instituto de Enfermedades Tropicales) In addition to his previously mentioned academic posts, he was Professor of Immunology, School of Biological Sciences, National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico, 1945 to 1950; Professor of Epidemiology, Immunology and Bacteriology,
School of Public Health, 1938 to 1950;
Professor, School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, 1950. Professor Alberto P. León was fellow of six national societies, President of three of them, and a member of seven international societies. From 1946 to 1949 he was President of the Mexican Society for Geography and Statistics (Sociedad Mexicana de Geografía y Estadística), the first scientific society founded 1833 in America.
Author of 99 articles in national and 17 international journals, these are all on subjects of public health, epidemiology, immunology, bacteriology and population. Professor Dr. Alberto P. León represented 17 times his country at conferences, congresses, etc. including the World Health Conference in New York 1946. In 1948 he was Chief of the Mexican Delegation of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, during which his initiative and efforts helped to establish the Division of Evironmental Sanitation and the Panel on Brucellosis. He received the first award of Physiology of the Mexican Society of Internal Medicine and the Gold Medal and Diploma for Public Health Merit of the Department of Public Health and Public Assistance. Silver Medal, Gold Medal and Diplomas for 25, 30 and 35 years of Professorship of the School of Medicine National University of Mexico, have been awarded to him and other honours include: Gold Medal and Diplom for Health Merit, Mexican Public Health Association; Diplom for the Foundation and Distinguished Services, National Committee Against Tuberculosis, Mexico. Honorary membership Interamerican Statistical Institue. For 40 years
Professor Dr. Alberto P. León was member and vice.president of the
American Public Health Association. www.dr-alberto-p-leon.com He published 1992 his book
“50 YEARS OF INVESTIGATION IN MEXICO”
Marquéz López Editorial Inc. 1992 publicó su libro
“50 AÑOS DE INVESTIGACION EN MEXICO”
Marquéz López Editoriales S.A. * * * * * * * Preface of the Book - PREFACIO DEL LIBRO.pdf
Download Dr. Alberto P. Leon started 1979 to conduct a very successfull
research on cancer treatment. Unfortunately because of his old age
he could not publish a scientific publication of the successful
therapies applied. Nevertheless, he was able to cure many cases of cancer
sick patients in his practice, and most of those where hopeless cases.
For this he used SULFALUMIN which he discovered and developed 1945. http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19462701419.html;jsessionid=49073687fc1ed9c23a89e39429d50a63 * * * * * * * * Ceremonie of one of his distinguished condecorations with a gold medal. 
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Dr. Alberto P. León 1935 with his wife María del Refugio Lomelí de León
in Boston during his studies at the Harvard School. This is a self shot Dr. Alberto P. León made on a sunday walk.
When he brought the film to be developed, this photography gained unexpected
a price and was therefor colored. He married 1934 María del Refugio Lomelí Sánchez in Mexico City and they raised 9 children. Alberto León Lomelí
* June 27th 1935 +April 8th 2005
María del Refugio León Lomelí
* December 17th 1936
Eduardo León Lomelí
* December 11th 1938 +September 17th 2006
Rosalinda León Lomelí
* October 28th 1940
Julio Federico León Lomelí
* October 2nd 1942
María Eugenia León Lomelí
* October 6th 1944
Beatriz León Lomelí
* November 24th 1945
Alicia León Lomelí
* October 5th 1947
Guillermo Pío León Lomelí
* Mai 5th 1952 | 
