Background
CÁRDENAS, Adolfo was born on February 24, 1870 in Rivas. Son of Dr. Adán Cárdenas and María de la Asunción Hurtado de Cárdenas.
CÁRDENAS, Adolfo was born on February 24, 1870 in Rivas. Son of Dr. Adán Cárdenas and María de la Asunción Hurtado de Cárdenas.
Educated Colegio de Granada, Ulrich’s Preparatory School (Bethlehem, Pa., United States of America). Civil Engineer, Lehigh University, Pa., 1890.
Member of the engineering corps of the Nicaragua Canal Construction Company, 1890. Under-Secretary of Industry, 1893. Assistant engineer in the building of the Pacific Railway of Nicaragua (southern and central branches), 1897-1898, 1901-1902.
Engineer of the Abangárez Goldfields of Costa Rica, 1905-1908. Superintendent of the same company, 1909. Member of the Purdy Engineering Company of Costa Rica, 1909-1918.
Engineer in charge of the construction of the “El Brasil” hydro-electric plant for the Costa Rica Electric Light and Traction Company, 1910-1911. Of the electric plant at Fuerte de Fiscapa for the Nicaraguan government, 1912 (both projects constructed by the Purdy Engineering Company). Engineer of the city of Managua, 1903.
Director general of public works, 1915-1918. Second secretary of the Nicaraguan legation and engineer-secretary of the Nicaraguan Boundary Commission, Washington, D.C., 1918-1921. Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs, 1922.
Minister of Finance and Credit, 1922-1923. Nicaraguan delegate to the conference on Central American problems held in Washington, 1922. General manager of the Pacific Railway of Nicaragua, 1925-1928.
Member of the Technical Faculty of Costa Rica.
Member Purdy Engineer Company of Costa Rica, 1909-1918. Member technical faculty of Costa Rica. Member Asociación General de Ingenieros y Constructores de Nicaragua (charter member and president), American Geographical Society, National Geographic Society.
Married Berta Maria Hurtado. Children: José Adán and José Adolfo.