Marco Antonio “Tony” Ibarra ’52

Marco Antonio “Tony” Ibarra ’52, a resident of Pharr, Texas, passed away on December 2, 2011, after a brief illness. Tony was a native of Mexico City, Mexico, and prepared for college at Missouri Military Academy. He was an engineering major at Dartmouth in the five-year program. After graduation he returned to Mexico and joined the Ford Motor Co. At Ford he became a leader in human resource management and, in his last assignment, was in charge of all salaried personnel management in Mexico. After retiring from Ford he joined Ward Howell, the executive search firm, in Mexico City, and the firm was renamed Ward Howell Ibarra and Associates. He served there until final retirement. After retirement Tony and his wife, Margaret Anne “Peggy,” moved to Pharr in 2005 and Tony taught some courses at the University of Texas-Pan American in nearby Edinburg, Texas. Both he and his wife became American citizens after moving to Texas. Peggy and children Jorge, Alberto and Alicia survive him.