Manuel Alonso Olea


Manuel Alonso Olea - writer and jurist from Spain. He was born on June 19, 1924 in Melilla and died on February 23, 2003 in Madrid. He graduated from the University of Madrid, the University of California, Berkeley. He was awarded the Order of Civil Merit, the honorary doctorate of Carlos III University, the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, the honorary doctorate of the University of Santiago de Compostela, the honorary doctor of the University of León, the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Raymond of Peñafort, the Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit, the Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise.