Manuel Santillán

Who was Manuel Santillán?

Manuel Santillán Osorno was a Mexican geological engineer and politician.

Manuel Santillán, the youngest of three sons, was born on September 29, 1894, in the Hacienda de Xalostoc, to Calixto Santillan and Manuela Osorno. He married Luz Gamper, and they had three children: Victor Manuel, Tanil and Yolotli.

Santillán finished preparatory studies at Universidad Veracruzana in Jalapa, Veracruz and later received three engineering degrees. The first in geology and geodesic engineering; the second degree in Mining and Metallurgical Engineering; and the third in civil engineering from the School of Engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.