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He was born April 9 1917
in Miraflores, Lima Peru. Son of Mining Engineer Antenor Rizo-Patron,
and of Mrs. Sara Remy. He married Rosemarie Jane Boylan in New York in 1942 with whom he had seven children, and widowed in 1972. He married Maria Dolores García in 1975. He passed away on the eleventh of August 2012 in Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru.
Among his multiple professional and scientific research activities, he
has originated or contributed to the development of several mining
companies and industrial companies among them Pichita Caluga, Colquisiri,
Andean Cement and hydroelectric power station of Carpapata in Central
Perú. Also he has elaborated decentralized regional development plans
such as the hydroelectric project for the second curve of the Mantaro,
the Peru-Via Plan and projects for the rational exploitation of the
phosphates of Sechura (northern Peru) such as the Preliminary design of
the industrial project of Virrilá and patented processes of production
of phosphates. From both official and private positions, he has acted in
several development and educational institutions, as director (National
Institute of Investigation and Mining Development - INIFM - 1951;
Fullbright Commission -1968-70); Minister of Development (1959-60); or
President (Interministerial Committee for Economic Development, -
1960-61 -; Commission for the industrial complex of Bayóvar - 1967-73;
Action for Development 1964 and 1970; Mining Scientific and
Technological Institute INCITEMI 1973-75; and Peruvian Institute of
Educational Development INPFE 1964-66).
He has been member of several professional institutions in Peru and
the United States (American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical
Engineers AIMME, American Chemical Society, Society of Engineers of Peru,
Institute of Mining Engineers of Peru, American Association for the
Advancement of Science AAAS, Geologic Society of Peru, National
Geographic Society, Geographical Society of Lima and Peruvian Academy of
Engineering).
His hobbies were wild animals, painting (lions, cocks and bulls),
classical music, acoustics (Hi-Fi), Political Economy (technical
measurment of the exchange value of currencies) and Cosmology. He was
member of several social institutions (National Club of Lima, Jockey
Club of Peru and the Nautical Club Santa María del Mar; Mining Club of
New York - Chemist's Club - and of the Yachts Club of Lima).
He had several condecorations (of Peru, Belgium, Holland and Italy). |
