A native of Guatemala, Manuel Ayau is the Founder and Rector Emeritus of the Universidad Francisco Marroquín, a leading private university in Latin America. He obtained a bachelor in science degree, in mechanical engineering, from Louisiana State University in 1950, an honorary doctor of human letters degree from Hillsdale College in 1973, and an honorary doctor of laws degree from Northwood University in 1994. A member of the Mont Pelerin Society since 1964, he was its President from 1978-80. He sits on the board of directors of the Liberty Fund in Indianapolis, and is a trustee of the Foundation for Economic Education in New York. In Guatemala, Dr. Ayau entered politics as a member of congress from 1970-74, and as presidential candidate in the 1990 elections. Twice he sat on the board of directors of the Central Bank. He has served as vice-president of Guatemala's National Electrification Institute (INDE), trustee of the Philadelphia Society, and honorary member of the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society. Nowadays, he is President of Asociación Civil proReforma del Estado de Guatemala, which is spearheading a wholly new type of constitution for Latin America.
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Presentación del Proyecto proReforma a alumnos de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Auditorio Friedrich A. Hayek, Universidad Francisco Marroquín (2008)
El proyecto de la Asociación proReforma fue presentado por el Dr. Manuel F. Ayau Cordón...
Relación entre derecho y economía, Escuela de Negocios, EN-606, Universidad Francisco Marroquín (2007)
El Dr. Manuel Ayau, muestra la relación que existe entre Derecho y Economía. Evidencia las...