under savio's auspices, the higher technical school ("escuela superior técnica") was created in 1930, open to members of all armed services. even though the coup d'état of september 1930 ousted and prosecuted general enrique mosconi, a pioneer of the argentine petroleum industry, savio was given free rein to pursue his projects. in time, savio came to be perceived as mosconi's rightful successor as the prime force behind argentina's industrial progress.