Dr. Jose Maria Martin Mendiluce

Dr. Jose Maria Martin Mendiluce was born on 31 January, 1925. Graduating as Civil Engineer in 1950. He worked at the Tajo Hydrographic Confederation upto 1957, and then moved to the studies section of the General Directorate of Hydraulic Works. In 1963 he was appointed Head of the Division of Techniques and Hydraulic Structures at the General Directorate of Hydraulic Works, since 1968, he is Director, Hydrographic Studies Centre, Ministry of Works and Urbanism, Government of Spain. He has been actively associated with numerous studies of irrigation and water supply projects in Spain, Ecuador, Venezuela and Dominican Republic. Special mention may be made of the Madrid water supply project (Western Solution) and the projects of Tajo-Segura Transfer and Ebro-Eastern Pyrennees Treansfer, all in Spain. He was President of Spanish National Committee, ICID and Vice President of ICID from 1983-1986.