José Miguel Sánchez Monge, former professor of the Schools of Science and Pharmacy and Nutrition of the University, dies

José Miguel Sánchez Monge, former professor of the Schools of Science and Pharmacy and Nutrition of the University of Navarra, has died in Pamplona at the age of 79. He was married and father of four children. 

Born in Fuentes de Nava, Palencia, in 1945, Sánchez Monge graduated in Chemistry at the University of Valladolid in 1968. That same year he arrived in Pamplona with the goal of taking a course at the Institute of Journalism while working on his doctoral thesis in Chemistry. In February 1969, he began to teach Analytical Chemistry at the School of Pharmacy of the University of Navarra and at the School of laboratory Technical Assistants, after the death of the professor and his thesis director , Juan Gallego Godoy.

José Miguel Sánchez Monge retired in 2013. During his years at the University of Navarra he carried out various service tasks, while carrying out his purely academic career. He was secretary of the School of Pharmacy and the School of laboratory Technical Assistants of the School of Sciences, later known as Applied Chemistry . He was president of the University Union, assistant to the Office of Student Affairs of the University, Deputy Director of the department of Chemistry and Soil Science, and director of the Chemistry section of the Building laboratory .

In addition to his work professor, Sánchez Monge was vice-president of the association of Food Scientists and Technologists of Navarra, Aragón and La Rioja; and president of the council of Barañain, between 1982 and 1984, when it was still part of the Cendea de Cizur. 

"From my first day in the department, José Miguel was in charge of transmitting to me the inherent attributes of a university professor . He was very clear about the values and the university style that corresponds to a professor at the University of Navarra, especially the care for details, the effort required to do the tasks well, the affection in the attention staff, and the joy in the day to day", recalls Iñigo Navarro, professor of the Chemistry department and disciple of the deceased. 

Navarro describes him as a person who available at all times, who provided a positive work environment, with a characteristic optimism and sense of humor. "He convinced me that with dialogue and his left hand, any door could be opened; empathetic like no one else and at the same time, at the service of all of us. In the final, he preached, in the face of adversity and disagreements, without being noticed, the search for consensual and satisfactory solutions for all. More than a tutor , he was a good companion and friend".