CADALSO 



ALEJANDRO RUIZ CADALSO 

 Engineer; architect; teacher. 



Alejandro Ruiz Cadalso was born on 

 the twenty-fourth of April, 1872, in Havana, 

 and there he gained his education in the 

 Institute, where he obtained the degree of 

 Bachelor; in the Professional School where 

 he won the titles of Agrimensor and Mae- 

 stro de Obras, and in the University where 

 he was made Doctor of Physico-Mathe- 

 rnatics and Civil Engineer. 



In 1898 he was appointed Auxiliary Pro- 

 fessor cf the Professional School and in 

 iqoo, through competitive examination, he 

 won the chair of Surveying, Topography, 

 and Measuration. When the Academy of 

 Arts and Letters was organized he was 

 made a charter Member. 



He made the survey for the Municipal 

 Terminal, executing for it the first geodeti- 



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