Salvador Zubirán

[1] He received his MD from the National University of Mexico (UNAM) Faculty of Medicine and visited the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, from 1924 to 1925, where he received a diploma.

Upon his return to Mexico he started the nutrition department in Mexico City's General Hospital, and later received an assignment to start the National Institute of Nutrition, one of the country's premier medical institutions.

By this marriage, he became the stepfather of the American politician and one-time presidential hopeful Bill Richardson.

He was a recipient of the National Prize for Arts and Sciences in 1968 and of the Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor, the highest honor awarded by the Senate of Mexico, in 1986.

In 1981, the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition was renamed to the National Institute of Nutrition Salvador Zubirán, and again in 2000 to the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán (INCMNSZ).