Gabriel Betancourt Gabriel Betancourt Gabriel Betancourt Mejía (born April 27, 1918 in Medellín – died March 23, 2002 in Bogotá) was a Colombian economist and diplomat who served as Colombia's Minister of National Education in two occasions, and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO. Gabriel Betancourt was born in Medellín on April 27, 1918 to Pedro Nolasco Adriano Betancur Toro and Mariana Mejía Arango as the youngest of 9 children. Betancourt was a member of the government of president Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. He later became assistant director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). He was also head of the education
History of Texas A&M University–Commerce history of A&M–Commerce. In July 2008, Dan R. Jones succeeded McFarland as the 11th president of the university, after serving as provost and vice president at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) in Laredo. On April 29, 2016, Jones died unexpectedly, in what university police later reported was a suicide. On May 6, TAMIU president Ray M. Keck was named interim president of A&M–Commerce, and he was officially named its permanent president on November 10. The A&M–Commerce era has been marked by continued growth in student enrollment, from 7,400 in 2000 to 10,000 in 2010 before exceeding 13,000 in 2015. Additionally,