Federico Guillermo Gil (1915 – 2000) was a political scientist and founder and president of the Latin American Studies Association and a recipient of its Kalman Silvert Award for outstanding lifetime service to Latin American studies. He held the title of Kenan Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. References Latin Americanists American political scientists University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty 1915 births 2000 deaths 20th-century political scientists