Salvador Zubirán

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Salvador Zubirán Anchondo (b. 23 December 1898, Cusihuiriachic, Chihuahua; d. 10 June 1998, Mexico City) was one of Mexico's most prominent physicians and nutritionists. He received his MD from the National University of Mexico (UNAM) Faculty of Medicine and completed a medicine resdiency at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Upon his return to Mexico he started the nutrition department in Mexico City's General Hospital, and later received an assignment to start the National Institute of Nutrition (now the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, or INNSZ), one of the country's premier medical institutions. Zubirán also served as as the rector of the UNAM during the 1940s; during this appointment, he was very influential in the creation of the University City.

In 1985, he married at Chihuahua, Mexico, María Luisa López-Collada Márquez de Richardson, the widow of American banker William B. Richardson II. By this marriage, he became the stepfather of the American politician and U.S. presidential candidate Bill Richardson.

He was a recipient of the Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor in 1986, the highest honor awarded by the government of Mexico.