Roberto Guajardo Suárez (16 October 1918 - ca. October 2008) was a Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 lawyer who served as the second director-general of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM, 1947–1951), as a founding president of Sociedad Artística Tecnológico (the Institute's artistic society) in 1948 and as president of Coparmex

Coparmex

Coparmex or Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana is the Mexican Employers' Association.Current President: Lic. Gerardo Gutiérrez Candiani.-External links:* This site uses flash....

, a Mexican employers' association (1960–1973).

Guajardo Suárez was born in Monterrey

Monterrey

Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...

, Nuevo León

Nuevo León

Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...

, into a family composed by Manuel Guajardo Medina and Sofía Suárez. He received a bachelor's degree in Law from the Escuela Libre de Derecho

Escuela Libre de Derecho

Escuela Libre de Derecho is a prestigious law school in Mexico. Founded in 1912, it has among its alumni some of the most distinguished Mexican attorneys...

(1941) and served as director of Sulfato de Viesca, S.A. (1951–53) and Refrescos Internacionales (1953–60).