Sixty Years of Academic Life: Autobiographical Traits

We have proposed to describe the most transcendent episodes of our academic life as a legacy to the Venezuelan and Latin American youth. We proposed viable and realistic goals based on a philosophy of life to overcome the challenge posed by the cultivation of the values of humanistic and scientific culture, the progressive insertion in the globalized world and in the so-called knowledge society. We describe during sixty years of academic life the passages, events, opportunities, achievements, contributions, accomplishments, achievements and honors that our parents, teachers, authorities, societies, institutions and peers gave us, and which today allow us to live with pride and satisfaction a full and beautiful life.we have proposed to describe the most important episodes of our academic life as a legacy to the Venezuelan and Latin American youth. We proposed viable and realistic goals based on a philosophy of life to overcome the challenge posed by the cultivation of the values of humanistic and scientific culture, the progressive insertion in the globalized world and in the so-called knowledge society. For sixty years we have been describing