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News Advisory

Ambassador Ezequiel Padilla To Speak At U.T. Dallas On U.S.-Mexico Relations

RICHARDSON, Texas (Nov. 29, 2001) - Ambassador Ezequiel Padilla, Consul General of Mexico in Dallas, will speak on "The Challenges of Contemporary U.S.-Mexico Relations" at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 5, in Room 3.516 of the Erik Jonsson Academic Center at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD).

The lecture, which is part of a series sponsored by UTD's Center for U.S.-Mexico Studies and the university's School of Social Sciences, is free and open to the public.

Padilla was named Consul General of Mexico in Dallas in September. Prior to that, he served as Mexico's ambassador to Canada, Mexico's ambassador to Switzerland and Mexico's ambassador to the Netherlands.

Padilla holds a degree in economics from Mexico's National School of Economics and a master's in public administration from Harvard University. He has held numerous high-ranking positions in banking, including president and chief executive officer at Investment Banking Groups, and has served as vice president of communications at Televisa Broadcasting Corporation and deputy minister of tourism for Mexico.

For more information about the lecture series, please visit www.utdallas.edu/research/cusma/ or contact Herman Aguirre at herman@utdallas.edu or 972-883-6401.

About UTD
The University of Texas at Dallas, located at the convergence of Richardson, Plano and Dallas in the heart of the complex of major multinational technology corporations known as the Telecom Corridor, enrolls more than 7,000 undergraduate and 5,000 graduate students. The school's freshman class traditionally stands at the forefront of Texas state universities in terms of average SAT scores. The university offers a broad assortment of bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs. For additional information about UTD, please visit the university's web site at www.utdallas.edu.