Rodolfo O. de la Garza (August 17, 1942 – August 5, 2018) was an American political scientist. De la Garza was born in

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, on August 17, 1942. He attended Tucson High School, graduating in 1960 and earned a doctorate from the

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in 1972. He then worked for the

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in South America. De la Garza began his teaching career at the

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, and later moved to the

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, where he was Mike Hogg Professor of Community Affairs. In 2001, de la Garza joined the

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faculty. At Columbia, he was appointed Eaton Professor of Administrative Law and Municipal Science. De la Garza died in New York City on August 5, 2018.

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