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BIOGRAPHY OF DR.
CARLOS
CANSECO
GONZÁLEZ
(Rotary International President
in Rotarian year
1984-1985)
 Dr. Carlos Canseco González was born on March
17,1921, in México City, México. He
received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the National
University of México.
He then went on to complete a specialty in Allergology at
Northwestern
University in
Chicago,
Illinois, and a second specialty in Clinical
Immunology at the
University
of Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania.
In June of 1949, he created the Department of
Allergology at the
School of Medicine of the Autonomous University of
Nuevo León, México.
From 1950 to 1952, he served as Chair of the
Allergology Services at the Autonomous
University
of Nuevo León.
He then co-founded the Monterrey Football Club, joined
Rotary International, and became President of the Rotary Club of
Monterrey. He also
raised funds for the purpose of building the first Children's
Hospital in Monterrey.
During the 1970´s Dr. Carlos Canseco González
created a series of undergraduate and graduate courses in
Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the University of Nuevo León.
This allowed students to complete 3 years of Internal
Medicine in allergology.
By 1986 the medical residents who completed the program
in allergology were being accepted
and admitted at the University of Southern
California, the Mayo Clinic, and at the
National
Medical Center
in Mexico City.
Between 1987 and 2000, he establishes the Regional Center
for Prevention and Treatment of Allergies.
This Center was considered the most advanced and best
equipped center in the Nation.
In 1984, Dr. Canseco González became President
of Rotary International.
During his tenure, he proposed a program to eradicate
polio. Rotary
International and the World Health Organization began planning
for the most ambitious program in its history—to immunize all of
the world´s children against polio.
The plan required collaboration with international,
national and local health agencies and took shape early in Dr.
Canseco González´s year as RI President when he appointed the
Polio 2005 Committee. He invited Dr. Albert Sabin, developer of
the oral polio vaccine, to serve as a special consultant to the
committee. The program for eradication of polio continues to
this day. During
his term at President of Rotary International, Dr. Canseco
González worked diligently to form new Rotary Clubs.
Rotary International experienced an increase of 978 new
clubs and 45,000 new members.
Rotary´s pledge of US$120,000,000 to fund its
PolioPlus program was announced in October 1985 at the 40th
anniversary of the United Nations.
This ambitious commitment was well received by the global
public health community.
Within three years, Rotarians had more that doubled
their fundraising goal, donating US 247 million.
Dr. Carlos Canseco González will go down in
history as the Rotary International President who launched, in
1985, the Polio Plus Program with the goal of raising
$120,000,000 to provide enough vaccine to rid the world of polio
by the Centenary of Rotary in 2005.
His goal was to use an aerosol vaccination
which he had co-developed with Dr. Albert Sabin in 1982.
In January, 2002, he was honored as one of the
“Public Health Heroes of the
Americas.” By the Pan American
Health Organization.
Dr. Canseco González received several honorary degrees
from countless universities, including
Seoul National University
in Korea.
On October 7, 2004, he received the Belisario
Domínguez Medal from the Mexican Senate.
Carlos Canseco González is awarded the
Belisario Domínguez Medal by President Vicente Fox.
The Order of the Belisario Domínguez Medal of
Honor (Spanish: Medalla de Honor "Belisario Domínguez" del
Senado de la República) is the highest award bestowed by the
Mexican government. The award has been given every year since
1954 by the Senate of Mexico to eminent Mexicans with a
distinguished lifetime career who contributed most "toward the
welfare of the Nation and mankind".
Only Mexican entities
representing "the cultural spirit of the time" are allowed to
submit nominations for this award. This provision typically
allows universities, newspapers, learned societies,
non-governmental organizations and government entities to
nominate candidates.
Provided by RGHF 2010 President
Frank Longoria, USA,
3 December 2008
RGHF Global
Webmaster Greg
Barlow, Malaysia
Dr. Carlos Canseco González, was born on 17 March 1921 in Mexico City. He was a Mexican Allergy Specialist practicing in Monterrey and was a philanthropist.
He received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the National University of
Mexico and also attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, USA.
He had also been Minister of the State Health Department and President of the Latin American Society for Allergy and Immunology.
In Mexico he had taught the first course of allergology at the University of Nuevo León (UANL) and raised money to build the
first Children's Hospital in Monterrey.
In 1950 he co-founded the Monterrey Football Club and joined Rotary before becoming President of the Rotary Club of Monterrey
Dr Canseco will go down in history as the Rotary International President who launched, in 1985, the Polio Plus Program with
the goal of raising US$120,000,000 to provide enough vaccine to rid the world of polio by the centenary of Rotary in 2005.
His goal was to use an aerosol vaccination which he had co-developed with Albert Sabin in 1982.
More than double that amount was raised in a very short period of time.
In January 2002 he was honored as one of the "Public Health Heroes of the Americas" by the Pan American Health
Organization. Dr Canseco also received several honorary degrees from several
universities including the Seoul National University in South Korea.
On 7 October 2004 he received the Belisario Domínguez Medal from the Mexican Senate.
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