Manuel Savio

Savio enrolled in the Military Academy (Colegio Militar de la Nación) on 3 March 1909, and graduated as second lieutenant in 1910.

[2] Under Savio's auspices, the Higher Technical School ("Escuela Superior Técnica") was created in 1930, open to members of all armed services.

Even though the coup d'état of September 1930 ousted and prosecuted General Enrique Mosconi, a pioneer of the Argentine petroleum industry, Savio was given free rein to pursue his projects.

Savio also drafted plans for production of natural and synthetic rubber, and bills for ensuring the protection of raw materials.

His main metallurgy plan was implemented long after his death by President Arturo Frondizi in 1958 with the establishment of the Punta Argerich plant (near Ramallo, Buenos Aires), which was later named after Savio.