Background
Hernández, Armando was born on April 5, 1923 in Managua, Nicaragua. Son of Castulo and Mercedes (Aburto) Hernández.
Hernández, Armando was born on April 5, 1923 in Managua, Nicaragua. Son of Castulo and Mercedes (Aburto) Hernández.
Diploma civil engineering, University Nicaragua, 1947. Postgraduate, University Iowa, 1948. Diploma high mathematics, University Paris, 1954.
Doctor in Mathematics with honors, University Paris, 1971.
Chief engineer, Oficina de Geodesia, Managua, 1949; professor, vice dean, Facultad de CC.ff. y Mat., Managua, 1948-1951; professor, Facultad de CC.ff. y Mat., Managua, 1956-1961; prestressed bridges engineer, Society Technique pour l'Utilisation de la Precontrainte, Paris, 1952-1954; partner, director, A. Hernández & Lieutenant Company, Managua, 1955-1966; founder, director, professor, College of Engineering, University Centroamericana, Managua, 1961-1966; construction engineering, National Cement Company, Managua, 1957. Scientific construction engineering National Committee of Emergency and President Nicaragua after the earthquake of Managua, 1972-1979.
Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers, Asociación Nicaragüense de Ingenieros y Arquitectos, Society des Ingénieurs et Scientifiques de France, International Association for Earthquake Engineering (delegate to Nicaragua), others.
Married Elizabeth Mary Ferrier, March 7, 1956. Children: Elizabeth Lorena, Roberto Armando, Caroline Mercedes.