Juan Agurcia Ewing

Background

Ewing, Juan Agurcia was born on June 11, 1921 in Tegucigalpa District of Columbia, Honduras.

Education

Educated, University California-Berkeley and Tulane University, 1941. Business administration degree.

Career

Accounting assistant Rosario Mining Company, New York and Honduras, 1942-1945. Accounting manager Texas Petroleum Company, Honduras, 1945-1948. Administrator Hotel Prado, Tegucigalpa, 1949-1951.

Manager Constructora Hondureña, S.A., 1951-1957. Executive secretary to President of Honduras, 1957-1963. Manager I. Agurcia E. y Hnos, 1963-1981.

Representative Union Oil Corporation Honduras, California, 1964-1981. Manager, director Hoteles de Honduras, S.A. de Curriculum Vitae, 1968-1970, president, 1970-1973, director, 1972-1979. President Tabacalera Nacional, S.A., 1970-1972, director, 1972-1979.

Comptroller Inversiones Atlantida, S.A., 1975-1981. President Inversiones Patria, S.A. de Curriculum Vitae, 1975-1981. Co-founder, president Aseguradora Hondureña, S.A., 1954, vice president, 1954-1959, executive director, secretary administrative council, 1961-1981.

Former ambassador of Honduras to the United States Washington, until 1987. Independent businessman, since 1987.

Achievements

• Juan Agurcia Ewing has been listed as a notable businessman, ambassador by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National Association Industry (board directors 1972-1974, president 1974-1975, board directors, advisor 1974-1979), Honduran Council Private Enterprise (board directors 1974-1975, advisor 1979-1981).

Interests

• Avocations: tennis; horseback riding. Gardening.

Connections

Married Lisette Fasquelle de Agurcia. Children– Juan, Ricardo Antonio, Jose Maria, Jorge Arturo.

Spouse:

Lisette Fasquelle de Agurcia

child:

Ricardo Antonio Ewing

child:

Jose Maria Ewing

child:

Juan Ewing

child:

Jorge Arturo Ewing