Ignacio Tamayo, Class of 1941

Track & Field, Basketball, Swimming, Baseball, and Tennis

Athletic: 
Belen
Track & Field
Competed in the 800 Meter Run, 1500 Meter Run, and Triple Jump (1940 & 1941)
Posted New Records in both the 800 Meter Run and 1500 Meter Run (1941)
Team Captain in 1941

Basketball
Captain of the Junior Varsity Team (1938)
Member of the Varsity Basketball Team (1939)
Competed for the Union Atletica de Cuba in 1940 & 1941, Not allowed to compete for Belen while still in school
Top Scorer for Union Atletica de Cuba in 1941

Swimming
Winner of the 150 Meter Individual Medley and 200 Meter Freestyle in 1939
Competed for the Union Atletica de Cuba in 1940 & 1941, Not allowed to compete for Belen while still in school

Baseball
Member of the Junior Varsity Team (1938)
Member of the Varsity Team (1939)

Tennis
Competed at the National Level for the Vedado Tennis Club in 1940 & 1941 while still at Belen

Named Runner-up in the 1941 "Atleta Intercolegial del Año" by Diario de la Marina

Post-Belen
Track & Field
Competed for the University of Havana and National Winner of the 800 Meter Run (1942)

Water Polo
Member of the Vedado Tennis Club Team - Post Belen

Professional and Personal:

Volunteered at La Escuela Electromecanica de Belen in 1942
Graduated from the University of Havana with an Engineering Degree in 1946
Instrumental in the installation of Two Main Aqueducts for the City of Havana (1957-1958)
Vice President of the Belen Parents Club (1959-1960)

Graduated from Tulane University with an MBA in 1974
Class of 1941 Class Delegate

Currently is the Vice President of Southern Industrial

Lives in Key Biscayne with his wife, Carolyn