Hector-Neri Castaneda

Philosopher

Birthday December 13, 1924

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Guatemala

DEATH DATE Sep 7, 1991 (66)

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About

Guatemalan philosopher and academic best remembered for founding the journal Noûs.

Before Fame

He earned dual degrees--Bachelor's and Master's--from the University of Minnesota in 1950 and 1952.

Trivia

He was Indiana University's first Dean of Latino Affairs, a position he held until 1981.

Family Life

He was born in Guatemala, but raised in the Midwest.

Associated With

He taught briefly at Duke University in North Carolina where entrepreneur Bill Gross once studied.