Alfonso Gómez-Lobo
Alfonso Gómez-Lobo (January 1, 1940 – December 31, 2011) was a professor of metaphysics and moral philosophy at Georgetown University known for his critical evaluations of modern-day ethics. He was a member of The President's Council on Bioethics of the United States. Born in Viña del Mar, Chile in 1940, Gomez-Lobo studied at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso, the University of Athens in Greece and three German universities: the University of Tübingen, the University of Munich and the University of Heidelberg. He completed his PhD in Munich in Philosophy, Classic and Ancient History in 1966, graduating magna cum laude. He then went on to teach at universities in Valparaiso, Puerto Rico, and finally at Penn State before joining with Georgetown University in 1977.