ALVEAR, MARCELO TORCUATO DE ), Argentine politician, was born at Buenos Aires, on Oct. 4, 1868, the son of Torcuato de Alvear, several times mayor of Buenos Aires, and grandson of General Carlos de Alvear, first Argentine minister to the United States. After graduating from the Uni versity of Buenos Aires, he joined the Radical party, and in 1912, after study and travel in Europe, was elected to the lower house of the Argentine Congress, from the city, and then from the province of Buenos Aires. As a congressman he promoted social service legislation, notably for the improvement of housing and civil service conditions. He served as Argentine minister to France from 1916 until his election as president of Argentina in 1922, when he received a large majority over his opponent, Dr. Lisandro de la Torre. On the whole he continued the policies of his predecessor Hipolito Yrigoyen, though his long residence in Europe gave him a somewhat broader view of foreign affairs. As president he gradually became more influential in the affairs of the Radical party. He was succeeded as President by Dr. Hipolito Yrigoyen, Oct. 1928.