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