Roll Call Tribute

(Published in) Prensa Libre (on) Vie 11 de Marzo 2016

Fallece Giancarlo Ibargüen, exrector de la UFM

Giancarlo Ibargüen murió este miércoles a sus 53 años, según confirmó la Universidad Francisco Marroquín, donde desempeñó gran parte de su trabajo académico.

Por Edwin Pitán
9 de Marzo de 2016 a las 09:37h

Ibargüen fue rector de la Universidad Francisco Marroquín (UFM), de 2003 al 2013. Fue un destacado empresario y académico.

Además de rector (2003-2013) y fiduciario de la UFM, Ibargüen fue chairman y fundador de The Antigua Forum; presidió el Centro de Estudios Económico-Sociales y la Association of Private Enterprise Education, fue secretario de la Mont Pelerin Society, directivo del Liberty Fund, y de la Philadelphia Society, según destaca la página web de la universidad.

Uno de los logros que más reconocimiento le ha dado a su carrera fue la elaboración, en 1995, del documento base que conformaría el Título IV: Espectro Radioeléctrico de la Ley General de Telecomunicaciones de Guatemala.

Ibargüen contrajo una enfermedad que deterioró poco a poco sus músculos.

Ibargüen llegó a ser colaborador y fundador de la revista de filosofía Intuición, al igual que de la Red de Amigos de la Naturaleza (Rana), que es parte del Instituto Acton Argentina y de la Asociación Amigos de la Biblioteca Ludwig von Mises, de la Universidad Francisco Marroquín.

La UFM por su deceso comunicó: “lo más notable de Giancarlo era su avidez intelectual por todos los temas “nuevos” que surgieran en muy distintas disciplinas. Eso era lo que más me atraía de mi relación con él, porque era una constante fuente de nuevos temas y sugerencias de lecturas. Compartíamos el interés sobre aquellos temas en los que la economía se mezcla con otras disciplinas, ya sea la sicología, las teorías evolutivas, las nuevas tecnologías, y siempre estaba al tanto de algún aporte nuevo. Siempre me sorprendió lo actualizado que estaba en estas cosas”.

La UFM organiza un homenaje este 10 de marzo de 9 a 12 horas en la Plaza de la Libertad, en el campus universitario en la zona 10
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MARCH 9, 2016 5:29PM
Remembering Giancarlo Ibarguen (1963-2016)
By IAN VÁSQUEZ

Giancarlo Ibarguen, the former president of Francisco Marroquin University (UFM) in Guatemala, passed away today.



Giancarlo was a friend and teacher to many of us in the international freedom movement, and especially in Latin America. His influence at the University, the center of classical-liberal thought in the region, was large. He was an advocate of innovative and age-old techniques to promote ideas and learning. As Argentine scholar Martin Krause notes, he was an enthusiastic proponent of the University’s “New Media” program and of the Socratic method of teaching. As its chairman and founder, he was the proud backer of the Antigua Forum, a novel way of bringing together distinguished thinkers, entrepreneurs and others to solve real world problems. Giancarlo played no small role in making UFM among the most modern universities in the region, something to which thousands of UFM alums and countless visiting professors and other scholars from the Americas can attest. I was proud that, under Giancarlo’s encouragement, we began the first of our successful series of Cato University seminars for Latin Americans at UFM seven years ago.

In addition to strengthening classical liberalism through UFM, Giancarlo did so as a member of the board of directors of Liberty Fund, as a president and vice president of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, and as secretary of the Mont Pelerin Society. His interest in making the world of ideas relevant to improving the way people lived, led to him to advocate both the importance of liberal principles and of public policy reform. In terms of the latter, Giancarlo was an architect, along with Tom Hazlett, of Guatemala’s successful telecommunications privatization, putting the country on the vanguard in that policy area.

Most of us who knew Gianca, as his friends called him, will remember him for his commitment to the “principles of a society of free and responsible persons,” which was also UFM’s mission. Like his mentor Muso Ayau, the founder of the university, Gianca embodied the spirit of liberalism. He was tolerant, curious, modest about his own knowledge and accomplishments, courteous, open-minded and confident about the human potential. He urged students to question everything and to always question themselves. When Muso Ayau died, he told me that one of the things that most impressed him about Muso was that he had “a very strong sense of right and wrong.” The same could be said about Giancarlo.

Giancarlo died of a debilitating disease that he had been battling for several years. To those of us who interacted with him during this time mostly from afar, there was never any indication that anything was wrong, though his condition was no secret and we of course knew better. He kept extremely engaged, responding quickly to emails, sending personal notes and suggestions, recommending readings or events on Twitter, etc. He was a constant source of optimism and inspiration. To the end, he was a model of dignity.
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From en.wikipedia.org

Giancarlo Ibarguen
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Giancarlo Ibarguen (October 15, 1963 – March 9, 2016) was a Guatemalan businessman and academic.[1] He served as President of the Universidad Francisco Marroquín from 2003 to August 14, 2013.[1][2][3]

Contents [hide]
1 Biography
1.1 Early life
1.2 Academia
1.3 Think tanks
1.4 Business
1.5 Personal life
2 Bibliography
3 References

Biography[edit]

Early life[edit]
Giancarlo Ibarguen was born in October 15, 1963. His father was Roberto Andres Ibargüen and his mother Lillian Segovia de Ibargüen. [1] He received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with honors from Texas A&M University in 1985.[1][2]

Academia[edit]
He started his career at the Universidad Francisco Marroquín as a Professor of Economics.[1] He was a member of the Board of Directors of UFM from 1992 till his death.[1] From 1995 to 2003, he served as its Secretary General.[1] Starting in 2003, he was its President.[1][2] Starting in 2005, he was the Director of the Centro Henry Hazlitt (a research center in honor of Henry Hazlitt) at UFM.[1]

He was a founding editor of the magazine Intuición and sat on the editorial board of Gerencia magazine from 1992 to 1994.[1] He sat on the Advisory Board of the Society for Philosophical Inquiry.[1] He was also a Board member of the Asociación de Gerentes de Guatemala and the Society for Philosophical Inquiry.[1] His work has been published in Telecommunications Policy, Siglo Veintiuno, The Wall Street Journal, etc.[1][2]

Think tanks[edit]

He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Centro de Estudios Económicos Sociales since 1990.[1][2] In 1991, he was a founding member of the Asociación por el Poder Local (APOLO).[1][2] From 2005 to 2006, he served as Vice President of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, and as its President from 2006 to 2007.[1][2] Starting in 2007, he was a Board member of the Liberty Fund in Indianapolis, Indiana.[1][2] In 2008, he joined the Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Society.[1][4] Since 2005, he sat on the Board of Advisors of AIESEC.[1] He served as Secretary on the Board of Directors of the Mont Pelerin Society.[2][5] In 2009, he received the Guardian of Freedom award from the Acton Institute.[2] A libertarian, he argued that the United States government should end its War on Drugs to put an end to violence in Guatemala.[6]

Business[edit]

From 2006 to 2008, he served as an Advisor to the Partners in Learning program of the Microsoft Corporation.[1] He served on the Boards of Directors of Samboro, Glifos, Belluno, and Algodón Superior.[1]

Personal life[edit]

He was married to Isabel Dougherty de Ibárgüen for 32 years. They have three children; Cristobal, Sebastian and Sofia, married to Juan de Santiago Velasco, with one grandchild; Tiago [1][2]

Bibliography[edit]
Constitucion, Socialismo y Mercantilismo en America Latina (co-written with Manuel Ayau, Nicomedes Zuloaga, Leonor Filardo, Hugo Faria, Enrique Ghersi, Marcelo Loprete, 2008)
Facetas liberales. Ensayos en honor de Manuel F. Ayau (co-edited with Alberto Benegas Lynch, 2011)
References[edit]
1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Hispanic American Center for Economic Research". hacer.org.
2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k Anielka Munkel, 'Acton Institute presents Guardian of Freedom Award to Giancarlo Ibargüen', Acton Institute blog, November 25, 2009 [1]
3. Jump up ^ "Fallece reconocido académico de la UFM Giancarlo Ibargüen - elPeriódico de Guatemala". elPeriodico.
4. Jump up ^ The Philadelphia Society: Trustees
5. Jump up ^ Mont Pelerin Society Board of Directors
6. Jump up ^ The Drug War in Guatemala - A Conversation with Giancarlo Ibarguen, Reason Foundation, October 21, 2011

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