In Memóriam: Carlos Vido Kesman

Abstract

On 10 March, at the age of 80, the economist PhD Carlos Vido Kesman Salomon, better known as Tito Kesman, died in Cordoba, another unfortunate victim of the pandemic that has been sweeping the world for the past 15 months. A century ago, his parents came from the distant Kingdom of Montenegro, possibly fleeing that troubled Balkan region because of its war against the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1914-1916) and the Turkish-Greek war (1919-1922), joining millions of European immigrants who, because of hunger, war or unemployment, fled to Argentina in those years. Tito Kesman was born on 7 March 1941 in Corzuela, Province of Chaco, an agricultural colony made up of Yugoslav, Polish and Bulgarian migrants.He graduated as Public Accountant (1964), Lic. in Economic Sciences (1968) and finally Dr. in Economic Sciences (1970), at the National University of Cordoba (UNC). He was Dean of the Faculty of Economics, UNC (1973-74) and Vice Rector of the Universidad Católica de Córdoba (2000-2003).He was also President of IIERAL of the Fundación Mediterránea, President of the Pro Córdoba Agency (2004-2006) and Undersecretary of National Foreign Trade (1991-1995). He was distinguished with the rank of Commander of the Order of Rio Branco in the Republic of Brazil (1995). Highly esteemed for his human values and his honesty (intellectual and otherwise), in recent years he has served as President of ACDE-Córdoba, and as a member of the Advisory Council of the Institute of Economics of the Bolsa de Comercio de Córdoba.