Hector José Rodríguez Zubieta, Argentine marine and naval engineer (Buenos Aires 1929 – 23 January 2005)

From Spanish parentage

Gained international recognition in 1970s

His shipyard Alianza raised the Argentine shipbuilding industry to the highest productivity standards in history (exported 37% of its production; over 50 vessels of many kinds)

Presented creative ideas and developed revolutionary shipbuilding processes