Eduardo Suger

Eduardo Suger Cofiño (November 29, 1938) is a Swiss-born Guatemalan physicist, scholar, educator, and politician. Suger was the first Central American to receive his PhD in physics.

Early life Suger was born in Zürich, Switzerland on 29 November 1938 to Emilio Suger, a Swiss national, and Estela Cofiño Valladares of Acatenango, Chimaltenango, Guatemala. When World War II broke out, Suger's father was called up to complete his mandatory military service. He lived with his strict father and stepmother while earning his BS in physics and mathematics and MS in theoretical physics. While at UTA, he was inducted into Sigma Xi science society; He also founded the School of Economics and Business Administration department. He founded and directed the Institute of Open Education (IDEA), which challenges the structure of traditional university learning, in 1994. It was authorized by the Council of Private Higher Education in Guatemala the same year.

Military Suger has a long history of working with the military as both an educator and an engineer. In 2021, USAC announced they intended to award Suger with a Doctor Honoris Causa, also for his military service.

Political career Suger ran for President of Guatemala in 2003 (Authentic Integral Development), 2007 (Social Action Centre), and 2011 (CREO). He has been criticized for only engaging in politics during campaign season, preferring instead to return to his academic career, and for not aligning himself with a political party unless they approach him to be their presidential candidate. He encourages strengthening the "academic-productivity" and believes everyone deserves an equal right to education, even guerrilla soldiers. He was also interested in turning Guatemala's centralized governmental structure into a federal republic and strengthening the relationship between his home countries of Guatemala and Switzerland. They married on 11 January 1964 in Guatemala. The couple has five sons: José Eduardo, Carlos Enrique, Emilio Alejandro, Christian Andree, and Jean Paul. Regina died on 16 March 2021.

Suger's uncle was businessman José Cofiño Ubico, who cofounded Industrias Licoreras de Guatemala. His wife is descended from the founders of Cervecería Centro Americana. College of Engineers of Guatemala Distinguished Engineer Olympic Order Gold Medal Universidad Francisco Marroquín Arts Organization History-maker in the field of education

Publications Suger published four editions (1971, 1974, 1978, 1981) of the textbook Introducción a la matemática moderna, which he wrote with Bernardo Morales Figueroa and Leonel Pinot Leiva.

Selected academic publications Year Authors Title Publisher ID Ref 1967 Suger Cofiño, E.; Morales Figueroa, B.; Pinot Leiva, L. Apuntes de matemáticas: introducción a la teoría de grupos anillos, dominios enteros, cuerpos, campos, el némero racional 1973 Matsen, F.A.; Suger, J.E.; Picone, J.M. Spin-Free Quantum Chemistry. XIII. Spin Waves* International Journal of Quantum Chemistry DOI 10.1002/qua.560070604 1974 Ananthakrishna, G.; Suger, J Eduardo Phase transition in a class of Hamiltonians Pramana DOI 10.1007/BF02875067