page_title: Hernán García de Gonzalo
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Hernán García de Gonzalo / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Hernan Garcia De Gonzalo Prorector's Office
context_page_description: Hernán García de Gonzalo de Tejada y Vidal, is a retired Chilean diplomat and academic. A former Prorector of the University of Chile, former Consul General of Thailand in Chile, Vice-minister of Planification of Chile, and an Economist for the United Nations. As the Prorector of the University of Chile he was awarded special recognition by NASA, the University of Chile Council of Deans awarded him the Andrés Bello Medal, and was made honorary member of the School of Chemistry and Pharmacy at the National University of Asuncion in Paraguay. While he was serving as the Consul General of Thailand, King Rama IX appointed him as Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand, and Knight Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant. He has been allowed by the Marquis de la Floresta to use the coat of arms that has been in his family for centuries.
  He currently lives with his wife in Miami, United States.
context_section_description: After he graduated from the University of Miami in 1953, he entered to work at the Department of Engineering at the Pacific Steel Company in Huachipato, Talcahuano, Chile. From 1955 to 1956 he was in charge of the inventory of the entire plant. After working at the Pacific Steel Company, Shell Chile hired him for the Technical Department, where he worked from 1956 to 1958. Shell would later award Hernan Garcia De Gonzalo de Tejada y Vidal with a grant to study economics at the Graduate School of Economics of the University of Chile. After finishing his degree at the University of Chile he was awarded a fellowship by the Organization of American States to study at the University of Pennsylvania. When he returned in 1963 he entered to work at the United Nations' CEPAL in Santiago, as an industrial economist with the task to localize the main industries and sources of hydroelectric power in Latin America. At the same time in 1963, he inherited from his father the Santa Margarita farm that produced wine, rice, and cattle. Ten years later, he would buy the Santa Julia farm for breeding cattle and increase the production of rice.
  In 1966 the University of Chile hired him as a full professor to teach and do research at the Department of Economics. He taught space economy to graduate students at Escolatina and basic economics and statistics to undergraduate students at the School of Economy and Administration till 1973. During this period President Salvador Allende appointed him, professor Eduardo Cruz-Coke and other professionals to study the exploitation of the Caliche, a mineral with a low percentage of nitrate. In 1970 he was appointed Director of the School of Economics and Administration. Due to political instability in the country, the School was divided in the North School based in Marxian economics and the South School based in Keynesian economics. He remained the Director of the Keynesian School until the end of 1973. In January 1971 President Allende sent him for two months to visit 17 countries to research the possible technical collaboration to his government; including a new port in Talcahuano and the factory of bearings offered by Russia. At the beginning of 1974, he was appointed Undersecretary of Regional Planning, where he was in charge of the Physical and Administrative Regionalization of Chile, originating the Development Regional Fund and the Codecos and Coderes. In 1976 he was appointed to the University of Chile as Prorector, his obligation was to administrate the University in the economics and academic aspect. For better administration, he divided the University into eight branches with a Vice-rector at the head of the institution. He established the seed to create eight regional universities that would help to develop the regions. Every year the Prorector discussed with the Vice-rector of the region and the Deans the budget for every school and departments. The University of Chile in those days had around hundred thousand students and a staff of 12 thousand professors, assistant professors and academicians dedicated full-time to research. As the President of the University Publishing Company, he had to deal with the books that were going to be printed. He rebuilt the University Hospital J.J. Aguirre and bought new equipment for the surgery rooms. He also bought the land and a building for the School of Economy and Administration and established the School of Architecture on the same campus. He was able to reach an agreement with the government of USA for the acquisition of a large size computer and with the University of California to run the Cyclotron that was donated by this University. He approved a new construction for the School of Science and founded the magazine that reported the activities of the University. Garcia De Gonzalo signed cultural agreements with many universities in the world including with the University of Hokkaido in Japan, National University of Asunción in Paraguay, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Cairo University in Egypt, Central University of Ecuador, etc. He 
caption: Garcia De Gonzalo de Tejada Office of the Prorector
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