 On February 15, 1886 the Externado University of Colombia is founded by jurist and educator Nicolás Pinzón Warlosten.On November 16, 1948; the first nonsectarian university in Colombia, the University of the Andes was founded by Mario Laserna Pinzón.Today, the University of the Andes is the best academy of Colombia and one of the best in Latin America and the world.