He revamped Mexico’s system of technical education in 1932, when he established the Advanced School of Mechanical Engineers and Electricians (Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Mecánicos y Electricistas) and the Advanced School of Construction (Escuela Superior de Construcción).

[3] At the conclusion of his congressional term in 1937, he joined the diplomatic corps and was assigned to the U.S. city of Boston, Massachusetts, where he also pursued studies at Harvard University's astronomical observatory.

[2] In 1940, he was invited to become a member of the administration of President Manuel Ávila Camacho, with whom he collaborated on a project to build the Tonantzintla Observatory in San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, where favorable atmospheric conditions for astronomical studies existed.

He renounced his post as director of this observatory in 1947 and returned to Mexico City, where he dedicated himself to writing articles on astronomy for the newspaper Excélsior.

[4] Due to a heart condition, he was interned for several weeks in 1951, during which time he wrote a novel, Los pies descalzos ("Bare feet"), which concerns Emiliano Zapata.