Professor Juan Velarde died (Salas, 1927-Madrid, 2023)famous economist and Honorary President of La Granda courses. He was hospitalized after falling down the stairs at his home in Madrid, but could not be saved, this newspaper learned.
In 1992 he received the “Principe de Asturias” award for Social Sciences. The jury of the prize thus recognized “the long and fruitful career of an economist whose teachings were projected with exemplary generosity, both intellectually and morally, to several generations of economists, whose research was applied patiently and with an unbroken spirit.” Contemporary economic problems, combined with freedom and broad intellectual curiosity and a clear interdisciplinary dimension, the study of the historical and economic thought of Spain’s economic structure and economic policy, and the professional profession, the desire to find answers, are reflected in the continuous application of knowledge, advice and responsibility in the civil service of our economic administration. “.
Velarde was Professor of Economic Structure and Institutions at the University of Barcelona in 1961 and of Applied Economics at the Complutense University of Madrid since 1964. until his retirement in 1992. Professor at the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas for over ten years. He served as the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Political and Economic Sciences.
When she dictated her memories to LA NUEVA ESPAÑA of the Prensa Ibérica group, she explained it this way: “I was always so formal. When I passed the competitive exams, Olariaga told me that he had found a position at Banco Hispanoamericano. No, I want to be a public servant; This is my job’ I believe I should now be the oldest public servant in Spain, in the sense that I entered in 1951 and continued constantly as I went from one position to another. I see in authority: one, being able to critically discuss anything one wants; two, to be able to put it in writing, and three, to be in the general interest only. I do not feel connected to private interests; I respect it and I think it is very good to act in the business world. I’ve only been on one board: at Banco de Crédito Industrial, an official bank.”
He was also rector of the Universidad Hispanoamericana Santa MarÃa de la Rábida (1974-1977).. It was there that the idea for La Granda Courses arose, with the support of Teodoro López Cuesta, the former rector of the University of Oviedo, and a place where various topics such as nuclear energy or scientific research could be discussed calmly. It has been located in the La Granda chalet for over forty years and most recently in the Palacio de Avilés hotel.
Velarde was everything at the University and in the civil service: he was president of the Royal Geographical Society and vice-president of the Royal Matritense Society of Economic Fellows, a member of the Royal Academy of Ethics and Political Sciences and president of the same institution since 2014. 2018. He was also the correspondent of Academia Historia Portuguesa as well as numerous Spanish-American Academies.
Source: Informacion
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