JOHN W.F. DULLES, LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES PROFESSOR FOR FORTY-FIVE YEARS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND AUTHOR, DIESAT THE AGE OF 95

JOHN WATSON FOSTER DULLESJohn W. F. Dulles died at North Central Baptist Hospital, San Antonio, Monday, June 23,2008 at approximately 1:20 am CDTProfessor Dulles was the first born son of former Secretary of State John Foster Dullesand Janet Pomeroy Avery. He was born in 1913 in Auburn, New York.He attended St. Bernard's School in New York City and the Gunnery School inWashington, Conn. before earning a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University in 1935.He received his MBA from Harvard University in 1937. After several years at the Bank of New York, and at Callahan Mining Co., Dulles attended the University of Arizona inTucson, Ariz., where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering in1943, followed by an advanced degree in Metallurgical Engineering in 1951.His mining career began at The Duquesne mine of Patagonia, Ariz. near Nogales, wherehe mucked the roads to the mine, and then advanced to underground operations.On June 15, 1940 he married Eleanor Foster Ritter of Philadelphia. The young couplereturned to Arizona. Their first and second children, Edith and John, were born inArizona. In 1943, Mr. Dulles took a position with Cia Minera de Peñoles, S.A. inMonterrey, Mexico where he became the assistant general manager from 1951 to 1959.Dulles’ two other children, Ellen and Avery, were born in Monterrey. His interest inMexico grew, and he wrote his first book “Yesterday in Mexico: a Chronicle of the