Eduardo Suger

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Suger and the second or maternal family name is Cofiño.
Eduardo Suger
Suger in Chimaltenango in 2011
Born
José Eduardo Suger Cofiño

(1938-11-29) November 29, 1938 (age 85)
Zürich, Switzerland
CitizenshipGuatemala
Switzerland
Occupation(s)Physicist, academic
Known forGalileo University
SpouseRegina Margarita Castillo de Suger
Children5
Academic background
Alma materETH Zürich
UT Austin
Academic work
DisciplineMathematical physicist
InstitutionsUniversidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Galileo University

Eduardo Suger Cofiño (November 29, 1938) is a Swiss-born Guatemalan physicist, scholar, educator, and politician.[1][2][3] He is one of the founders of Galileo University in Guatemala City and of the Suger Montano Institute.[1][4][5] Suger was the first Central American to receive his PhD in physics.[6]

  1. ^ a b "¡Adiós billetera!" (in Spanish). Prensa Libre. 2015-06-03. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  2. ^ Lansford, Tom (2017). Political Handbook of the World 2016-2017. CQ Press. p. 594. ISBN 9781506327150. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
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  5. ^ "Carta del presidente" [Letter from the president] (PDF). Excelencia Empresarial (in Spanish). 26: 22. 2019. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  6. ^ "Los 51 notables" [51 notable Guatemalans]. El Periódico Guatemala (in Spanish): 82. 2013. Retrieved 2021-08-23.