About
A Mexican chemist who won the Nobel Prize in 1995 for elucidating the threat to the Earth's ozone layer. He was the first Mexican-born citizen to ever receive a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He worked for many different Universities including the University of California, Irvine, the California Institute of Technology, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of California, San Diego.
Before Fame
He earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1965.
Trivia
He became a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine and he received more than 30 honorary degrees from prestigious universities.
Family Life
He married his second wife Guadalupe Álvarez in 2006.
Associated With
He was assigned by U.S. President Barack Obama to form part of the transition team on environmental issues.
