Guillermo Peschard

Guillermo Peschard Delgado (August 19, 1902 – April 21, 1978) was an orthodontic dentist and academic. As a professor of dentistry at the Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, he helped found the university's School of Dentistry.

Biography

Peschard was born in the city of Durango, Mexico, on August 19, 1902. He was one of several siblings, including his brothers Armando Peschard Delgado and Eugenio Peschard. He completed his undergraduate training at the Juárez Institute, after which he moved to Mexico City, where he taught at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria. Immediately after, Peschard began his course of study in dentistry at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He graduated with his DDS in May 1926. and Peschard was unanimously elected the first faculty director.