Alumni include many of Argentina's
founding fathers, Presidents, members of political parties of all ideologies, internationally recognized scientists, artists, and two
Nobel laureates. A partial list includes:
Nobel laureates Politicians and jurists Heads of State Other •
Alberto Manguel – writer, bibliophile, essayist, journalist •
Herman Aguinis – business school professor, researcher, author •
Luis Agote – devised the first effective method of blood transfusion •
Roberto Aizenberg – Surrealist painter •
Miguel Cané – writer, diplomat and lawmaker •
Gregorio de Laferrère – playwright and lawmaker • Martiniano Molina – chef and elected mayor of
Quilmes Partido •
Mario Firmenich –
Montoneros guerrilla leader •
Alejandro Korn – philosopher and lawmaker • Ernesto Jaimovich – politician •
Manuel Mendanha – plastic artist • Film directors:
Manuel Antín (founder of the
Universidad del Cine),
Fabián Bielinsky,
Ana Katz,
Nicolas Entel (winner Festival de Cine de La Habana),
Benjamín Naishtat. •
Salvador Mazza – epidemiologist who helped control
Chagas disease locally • Father
Carlos Mugica – activist priest, assassinated in 1974 •
José Pablo Ventura – student activist, assassinated in 1977 •
José Luis Murature – Foreign Minister of Argentina, 1914–1916 •
Ignacio Pirovano – surgeon, performed first local
laparotomy •
Nicolás Repetto – co-founder of the
Socialist Party of Argentina and
Cooperative movement leader •
Lalo Schiffrin – composer and pianist, born Boris Claudio Schifrin,
Grammy Award winner and
Academy Award nominee •
Bernardo Grinspun – economist, Economy Minister (1983–1985) • Journalists:
Pepe Eliaschev (award-winning journalist 1945–2014),
Martín Caparrós,
Rolando Hanglin,
Mario Mactas •
Ana María Shua (Shoua) – writer •
Aníbal Ponce – psychologist and sociologist. •
Ada María Elflein- Poet •
Alicia Moreau de Justo – political figure, pioneer in women's and human rights. •
Roberto Alemann – lawyer and economist, entrepreneur, antinazi activist, Several times minister of Economy. •
Juan Ernesto Alemann – economist, entrepreneur, antinazi activist, Minister of Economy (1976–1981) •
Mario Roberto Álvarez (1913–2011), architect. He designed the municipal
Teatro General San Martín (completed in 1960); the
Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel (completed in 1969), the
Colón Opera House's labyrinthine production facilities (1972), the Buenos Aires headquarters for the
state steel concern, Somisa (1977), the
Salto Grande Dam (1979) and numerous office buildings. • Cartoonists:
Caloi (creator of
Clemente),
Nik (creator of
Gaturro) •
Julio Montaner – AIDS research pioneer • Jonathan Cubas Guillen - Neurologist ==Facilities==