Harry Brautigam

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Harry Brautigam

Harry Brautigam

Born| (1948-10-29)October 29, 1948

Bluefields, Nicaragua

Died| May 30, 2008(2008-05-30) (aged 59)

Toncontín International Airport, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Cause of death| Plane crash
Nationality| Nicaraguan
Occupation(s)| Economist, banker, academic
Spouse| Marilyn Gerald (married 1976–2008)
Children|

* Harry Emil Brautigam,
* Claire
* Anna

Harry Brautigam (October 29, 1948 in Bluefields, Nicaragua – May 30, 2008 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras) was a Nicaraguan economist, banker and academic.

## Biography[edit]

Harry Emil Brautigam, son of Harry and Lucille Brautigam, was born and raised in Bluefields, Nicaragua. He received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration in Guadalajara, Mexico. Harry was then awarded a British Council Scholarship and went on to receive a postgraduate diploma in Manchester, England. He finalized his master's degree in economics at the University of Leeds and later received a Ph.D. in agriculture economics from the University of Illinois in the United States.

While abroad in England, he met Marilyn Gerald, whom he later married in Nicaragua in 1976.

They had their first child, Harry Emil Brautigam, in Managua, Nicaragua, in 1978. Soon after, they returned to the United States, where Harry accepted a position as a professor of economics at the University of Delaware. In 1981, their second child, Claire, was born. They moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where Harry commenced his banking career at the Bank of Boston and welcomed their last child, Anna, in 1984.

A year later, the family moved to Miami, where Harry accepted a position at Bank of America. They were relocated to San Francisco for four years, later returning to Miami. Harry made another professional move to Barclays Bank in 1988. On September 1, 2003, Harry Brautigam was elected president of the Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica (BCIE) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where he and his wife resided for five years. He was the first elected president of the BCIE,( the result of an international search of qualified candidates). Through his leadership, BCIE was able to reach important achievements that helped to position the institution as the main provider of resources for the region. It was a fulfillment of a life goal to be able to use his knowledge and experience to help improve his home country, Nicaragua, as well as the rest of Central America. He was decorated by the Colombian government and awarded the Order of Ruben Dario by the Nicaraguan government.

Brautigam served as president of BCIE until his death on May 30, 2008, as a result of the TACA Flight 390 airliner crash at the Toncontín International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.[1][2]

## References[edit]

* Nicaragua portal
* Biography portal

1. ^ "Honduras crash forces diversions". BBC News. BBC. 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
2. ^ Assardo, Luis (2008-05-30). "Harry Brautigam, presidente del BCIE, murió luego de un accidente aéreo en Tegucigalpa" [Harry Brautigam, president of CABEI, died after a plane crash in Tegucigalpa]. El Periódico (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

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