Honorary Doctoral Degrees | Universidad Francisco Marroquín

Honorary Doctoral Degrees

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In Behavioral Science
In Political Science
In Social Sciences
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In Humanities
In Literature
In Business

In Science

May 12, 1984	Ɨ ALDO CASTAÑEDA Professor of cardiology and physician Harvard University Hospital Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
May 12, 1984	Ɨ ANDRE MONSAINGEON Honorary chief of surgical services Hospital Paul Brousse Paris, France
May 9, 1987	Ɨ HENRY D. McINTOSH Cardiologist Watson Clinic Lakeland, Florida
May 13, 1989	Ɨ MICHAEL E. DeBAKEY Chancellor Baylor School of Medicine Houston, Texas
May 23, 1992	RAFAEL ESPADA Cardiologist Methodist Hospital Houston, Texas
November 18, 1995	Ɨ RODOLFO HERRERA LLERANDI Founding dean School of Medicine Universidad Francisco Marroquín Guatemala City
October 25, 2012	BUFORD L. NICHOLS JR. Professor of pediatrics Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas
November 5, 2016	FERNANDO STEIN BARILLAS Pediatrician Texas Children´s Hospital Houston, Texas
November 15, 2018	Ɨ MANUEL GUILLERMO HERRERA Professor of public health Harvard University Boston, Massachusetts

In Behavioral Science

December 1, 1979	Ɨ THOMAS S. SZASZ Professor of psychiatry State University of New York Syracuse, New York

In Political Science

April 21, 1979	Ɨ PHILIP M. CRANE Senator from the state of Illinois Washington, D.C.
February 27, 1985	Ɨ ÁLVARO ALSOGARAY Member of Congress of Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina
November 23, 1985	Ɨ JEANE J. KIRKPATRICK Ambassador of the United States to the United Nations (1982-1985) Washington, D.C.
November 19, 1988	DANIEL OLIVER Chairman (1986-1990) U.S. Federal Trade Commission Washington, D.C.
May 18, 1991	Ɨ HOLLAND H. COORS Ambassador National Year of the Americas: Presidential appointment as White House Representative Washington, D.C.
October 16, 1993	VACLAV KLAUS Prime minister Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
May 3, 1997	Ɨ ANTONIO MARTINO President The Italian Group, Inter-Parlamentary Union Rome, Italy
November 9, 2002	Ɨ ELLIS SANDOZ Hermann Moyse, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Political Science Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana
May 8, 2004	ARNOLD C. HARBERGER Professor of economics University of California Los Angeles, California
May 6, 2006	Ɨ MICHAEL K. DEAVER Advisor to Ronald Reagan Washington, D.C.
November 11, 2006	JOSÉ MARÍA AZNAR Former president of Spain Madrid, Spain
November 5, 2022	DORA DE AMPUERO Founder and president Instituto Ecuatoriano de Economía Política (IEEP) Guayaquil, Ecuador
May 4, 2024	ELENA LEONTJEVA Cofounfer and president Lithuanian Free Market Institute Vilnius, Lithuania

April 12, 1975	Ɨ JOAQUIN REIG ALBIOL Entrepreneur Madrid, Spain
April 3, 1976	JAMES CLAYBURN LA FORCE Dean The Graduate School of Management University of California Los Angeles, California
July 10, 1976	Ɨ LEONARD E. READ President Foundation for Economic Education Irvington-on-Hudson, New York
July 10, 1976	Ɨ HENRY HAZLITT Economist Wilton, Connecticut
May 7, 1977	Ɨ FRIEDRICH A. HAYEK Nobel laureate in Economics Freiburg, Germany
March 4, 1978	Ɨ MILTON FRIEDMAN Nobel laureate in Economics Senior Research Fellow The Hoover Institution for War, Revolution and Peace Stanford, California
March 4, 1978	Ɨ BENJAMIN A. ROGGE Distinguished Professor in Political Economics Wabash College Crawfordsville, Indiana
July 21, 1978	Ɨ PETER T. BAUER Professor London School of Economics London, United Kingdom
November 3, 1978	Ɨ WILLIAM H. HUTT Professor of economics University of Dallas Irving, Texas
April 21, 1979	Ɨ ALBERTO BENEGAS LYNCH SR. Economist Centro de Estudios sobre la Libertad Buenos Aires, Argentina
May 3, 1980	Ɨ WILLIAM H. MECKLING Dean The Graduate School of Management University of Rochester Rochester, New York
May 3, 1980	Ɨ GEORGE C. ROCHE III President Hillsdale College Hillsdale, Michigan
May 3, 1980	Ɨ ARTHUR SHENFIELD Economist Berkshire, England
January 9, 1981	Ɨ ARTHUR KEMP Charles M. Stone Professor of Money and Credit Claremont College Claremont, California
April 14, 1981	Ɨ PARKE DEAN RUSSELL Professor School of Business Administration University of Wisconsin La Crosse, Wisconsin
August 7, 1981	Ɨ AGUSTIN NAVARRO V. Director Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales y Económicas Mexico City
May 1, 1982	Ɨ EDWIN J. FEULNER JR. President The Heritage Foundation Washington, D.C.
May 1, 1982	Ɨ PEDRO IBAÑEZ Senator of the Republic of Chile (1961-1973) Santiago, Chile
April 9, 1983	Ɨ ANTONY FISHER Founder and director Institute of Economic Affairs London, United Kingdom
April 9, 1983	Ɨ JOHN R. CHAMBERLAIN Columnist King Features Syndicate New York City
December 10, 1983	Ɨ PERCY L. GREAVES JR. Economist Foundation for Economic Education Irvington-on Hudson, New York
December 10, 1983	Ɨ BETTINA BIEN GREAVES Economist Foundation for Economic Education Irvington-on-Hudson, New York
October 16, 1984	Ɨ MAX THURN Economist Vienna, Austria
May 11, 1985	Ɨ ULYSSES R. DENT Entrepreneur Guatemala City
October 9, 1985	Ɨ VIKTOR E. FRANKL Psychologist Vienna, Austria
December 13, 1986	Ɨ ENRIQUE NOVELLA Entrepreneur Guatemala City
November 21, 1987	Ɨ M. STANTON EVANS Editor and columnist Director The National Journalism Center Washington, D.C.
May 28, 1988	ÁNGEL RONCERO Reverend Dean (1972-1987) School of Theology Universidad Francisco Marroquín Guatemala City
May 28, 1988	Ɨ RICHARD WARE President emeritus Earhart Foundation Ann Arbor, Michigan
November 19, 1988	Ɨ HANS F. SENNHOLZ Professor and chairman Department of Economics Grove City College Grove City, Pennsylvania
May 13, 1989	Ɨ JOSEPH E. KECKEISSEN Professor of economics Universidad Francisco Marroquín Guatemala City
September 4, 1989	ISRAEL M. KIRZNER Professor of economics New York University New York City
May 12, 1990	LUIS A. PAZOS Director Centro de Investigaciones sobre la Libre Empresa Mexico City
November 10, 1990	Ɨ LEONARD P. LIGGIO Distinguished Professor George Mason University Institute for Humane Studies Fairfax, Virginia
November 10, 1990	J. WILLIAM MIDDENDORF II Trustee The Heritage Foundation and The Hoover Institution for War, Revolution and Peace Washington, D.C.
May 18, 1991	Ɨ W. DAVID STEDMAN Entrepreneur Winston-Salem, North Carolina
November 9, 1991	Ɨ WILLIAM H. PETERSON Professor The Lundy Chair of Philosophy of Business Campbell University Buies Creek, North Carolina
November 9, 1991	Ɨ JULIO LOWENTHAL Entrepreneur Guatemala City
November 14, 1992	Ɨ W. ALLEN WALLIS Chancellor emeritus University of Rochester Rochester, New York
May 8, 1993	MALCOLM S. FORBES JR. Editor and columnist New York City
November 13, 1993	Ɨ MICHAEL NOVAK George Frederick Jewett Chair American Enterprise Institute Washington, D. C.
May 7, 1994	Ɨ ALAN WALTERS Resident scholar American Enterprise Institute Washington, D.C.
November 5, 1994	Ɨ GORDON TULLOCK Cofounder and president Public Choice Society Tucson, Arizona
May 11, 1996	Ɨ WILLIAM W. WESTON President Foundation Francisco Marroquín Stuart, Florida
August 12, 1996	ALBERTO BENEGAS LYNCH JR. Director Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration (ESEADE) Buenos Aires, Argentina
November 9, 1996	Ɨ HAROLD DEMSETZ Arthur Andersen UCLA Alumni Chair in Business Economics University of California Los Angeles, California
November 9, 1996	Ɨ ROBERTO DE OLIVEIRA CAMPOS Economist Río de Janeiro, Brazil
November 7, 1997	JOHN H. MOORE President Grove City College Grove City, Pennsylvania
May 9, 1998	Ɨ RAFAEL TERMES Director Graduate School of Business Universidad de Navarra Navarra, Spain
November 14, 1998	Ɨ ARTHUR SELDON Economist Founding president Institute of Economic Affairs London, United Kingdom
May 22, 1999	THURMAN JOHN "T.J." RODGERS Entrepreneur San Jose, California
May 6, 2000	T. ALAN RUSSELL Businessman Chairman and CEO Liberty Fund Indianapolis, Indiana
January 20, 2001	Ɨ JAMES M. BUCHANAN Nobel laureate in Economics Advisory General Director James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia
May 5, 2001	ROBERT A. SIRICO Reverend Cofounder and president Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty Grand Rapids, Michigan
November 9, 2002	ARMANDO DE LA TORRE Director Graduate School of Social Sciences Universidad Francisco Marroquín Guatemala City
May 10, 2003	EDWARD H. CRANE Founder and president Cato Institute Washington, D.C.
May 10, 2003	Ɨ WALTER E. WILLIAMS John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia
March 25, 2004	VERNON L. SMITH Nobel laureate in Economics Research Scholar Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Sciences, George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia
November 6, 2004	Ɨ JACQUES GARELLO Founding president I'Institute for Economic Studies-Europe Marseille, France
May 7, 2005	RICHARD ARMEY Director Department of Economics University of North Texas Denton, Texas
May 7, 2005	ROCCO BUTTIGLIONE Minister of Culture Rome, Italy
May 7, 2005	JOSE PIÑERA Cochairman Project on Social Security Choice Cato Institute Washington, D.C.
November 5, 2005	T. KENNETH CRIBB JR. President Intercollegiate Studies Institute Wilmington, Delaware
May 6, 2006	FRANCISCO PÉREZ DE ANTÓN Writer and entrepreneur Guatemala City
May 5, 2007	ROBERT BARRO Economist Harvard University Boston, Massachusetts
November 3, 2007	Ɨ CARLOS ALBERTO MONTANER Journalist and author Madrid, Spain
January 14, 2008	JOHN STOSSEL Journalist New York City
May 3, 2008	Ɨ JAMES D. GWARTNEY Economist Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida
November 8, 2008	CHARLES MURRAY Author American Enterprise Institute Washington D.C.
May 2, 2009	JESÚS HUERTA DE SOTO Economist Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
May 8, 2010	JOHN A. ALLISON IV Chairman and CEO BB&T Corporation Winston-Salem, North Carolina
May 8, 2010	Ɨ ARMEN A. ALCHIAN Professor of economics University of California Los Angeles, California
November 6, 2010	MICHAEL WALKER Senior fellow The Fraser Institute Vancouver, Canada
November 6, 2010	Ɨ JOHN BLUNDELL Distinguished senior fellow Institute of Economic Affairs London, United Kingdom
May 7, 2011	ROBERT HIGGS Economist The Independent Institute Covington, Louisiana
May 7, 2011	ALEJANDRO CHAFUEN Economist Atlas Economic Research Foundation Arlington Virginia
November 12, 2011	ENRIQUE GHERSI SILVA Lawyer Lima, Peru
November 12, 2011	LAWRENCE H. WHITE Professor of economics George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia
May 5, 2012	PETER J. BOETTKE Deputy director James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia
August 16, 2012	DEIRDRE MCCLOSKEY Economist University of Illinois at Chicago
November 10, 2012	JEFF SANDEFER Entrepreneur Austin, Texas
May 4, 2013	GEORGE GERALD REISMAN Economist Pepperdine University Malibu, California
May 4, 2013	CARLOS RODRÍGUEZ BRAUN Journalist and professor Madrid, Spain
November 9, 2013	JERRY L. JORDAN Economist Encino, California
November 9, 2013	Ɨ GUILLERMO M. YEATTS Chairman Fundación Atlas Buenos Aires, Argentina
May 3, 2014	GEORGE GILDER Writer, investor and techno-utopian advocate Cofounder of Discovery Institute Seattle, Washington
November 8, 2014	JOAQUÍN M. FUSTER Professor Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences University of California Los Angeles, California
May 9, 2015	MARY ANASTASIA O’GRADY Journalist, editor, and columnist New York City
November 7, 2015	LESZEK BALCEROWICZ Economist Warsaw, Poland
November 7, 2015	PEDRO SCHWARTZ GIRÓN Economist Madrid, Spain
January 13, 2016	RUTH RICHARDSON Minister of Finance (1990-1993) New Zealand
April 6, 2017	MATT RIDLEY Writer and journalist Northumberland, United Kingdom
April 29, 2017	NICK SZABO Computer scientist, legal scholar, and cryptographer United States of America
October 28, 2017	ARMANDO VALLADARES Poet, writer, and painter Havana, Cuba
May 5, 2018	DWIGHT R. LEE O’Neil Endowed Chair Global Markets and Freedom Cox School of Business Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas
November 17, 2018	GERALD O´DRISCOLL Economist Senior Fellow Cato Institute Washington, D.C.
May 4, 2019	LEDA COSMIDES Cofounder and director Center for Evolutionary Psychology University of California Santa Barbara, California
May 4, 2019	Ɨ JOHN TOOBY President Human Behavior and Evolution Society University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan
November 16, 2019	PATRIK SCHUMACHER Director Zaha Hadid Architects London, United Kingdom
May 8, 2021	MIGUEL ANXO BASTOS Professor Universidad de Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela, Spain
November 6, 2021	BARBARA OAKLEY Engineer, writer, and professor Oakland University Rochester, Michigan
May 7, 2022	RICHARD M. EBELING BB&T Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Free Enterprise Leadership The Citadel Charleston, South Carolina
May 6, 2023	JUAN RAMÓN RALLO Economist, professor, and author Universidad de las Hespérides Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
November 11, 2023	RICHARD E. WAGNER Economist Professor emeritus George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia
November 9, 2024	MARY L. G. THEROUX Economist Chairman and CEO The Independent Institute Oakland, California
3 de mayo del 2025	TYLER COWEN Economista, profesor universitario y escritor Presidente y director Mercatus Center George Mason University Arlington, Virginia

In Law

November 21, 1987	Ɨ HENRY G. MANNE Dean School of Law George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia
November 11, 1989	EDWIN MEESE III Attorney General of the United States of America (1985-1988) Distinguished Member The Heritage Foundation Washington, D.C.

In Humanities

May 12, 1984	Ɨ HÉCTOR NERI CASTAÑEDA Professor of philosophy Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana
May 10, 1986	Ɨ MIGUEL OB ANDO Y BRAVO Cardenal and archbishop Managua, Nicaragua
December 13, 1986	Ɨ JEAN FRANÇOIS REVEL Philosopher and writer Paris, France
May 23, 1992	Ɨ SALVADOR AGUADO-ANDREUT Professor of literature, and language Universidad Francisco Marroquín Guatemala City
November 9, 1996	Ɨ JESUS AMURRIO Professor of philosophy and political science Universidad Francisco Marroquín Guatemala City

In Literature

May 8, 1993	Ɨ MARIO VARGAS LLOSA Nobel laureate in Literature Author Lima, Peru
November 18, 1995	Ɨ PABLO ANTONIO CUADRA Poet Managua, Nicaragua

In Business

November 7, 2009	PETER THIEL Entrepreneur Cofounder of PayPal San Francisco, California
November 10, 2012	Ɨ JOEL M. STERN Entrepreneur New York City
May 7, 2016	FRANCISCO GARCÍA PARAMÉS Economist and investor Madrid, Spain
May 7, 2016	JAMES B. ROGERS Entrepreneur, investor, and author Cofounder Quantum Fund New York, New York