Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch

Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch (23 July 1931 – 6 September 2020) was a Guatemalan businesswoman and philanthropist who was awarded the Order of the Quetzal in 2005.

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Gutiérrez, the second or maternal family name is Gutiérrez, and, for married women, the optional marital name is de Bosch.
Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch
An older woman with olive skin and dark hair in bangs; she is wearing a dark shirt and a tan cardigan
Gutiérrez de Bosch at a 2019 event
Born
Isabel Gutiérrez Gutiérrez

(1931-07-23)23 July 1931
San Cristóbal Totonicapán, Guatemala
Died6 September 2020(2020-09-06) (aged 89)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Occupation(s)Philanthropist, businesswoman
OrganizationCMI Guatemala
Spouse
Alfonso Bosch
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(died 1974)​
Children5, including Juan Luis and Felipe
Parent(s)Juan Bautista Gutiérrez
Felipa Gutiérrez
RelativesJuan José Gutiérrez Mayorga (nephew)
Dionisio Gutiérrez Mayorga (nephew)

Biography

Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch was born at San Cristóbal Totonicapán on 23 July 1931, the daughter of Juan Bautista Gutiérrez, founder of the Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI).[1] She lived until the age of 5 in Totonicapán, after which her family moved to Quetzaltenango, where she remained until at age 19.

She married Alfonso Bosch; they had five children, including Juan Luis and Felipe Bosch Gutiérrez, both businessmen. Her husband, along with her brother Dionisio, died in a plane crash in 1974 while most of her children were still young.

She was founder and president of Fundaniñas,[2] an organization that cares for abandoned girls, girls in conflict with the law, and young, low-income girls with potential.  She was the first female president of a Rotary Club in Central America.[3] She was involved in a scholarship program for low-income Guatemalan youths pursue a college education, a health program for 13 to 18-year old youths, and a nutrition program addressing the problem of chronic malnutrition in rural Guatemala.[4]

Isabel de Bosch was also president of the Juan Bautista Gutierrez Foundation, a Guatemalan philanthropic organization that belongs to Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI). The Foundation was established in 1974 and provided relief in the earthquake of 1976, Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and the hospital crisis of 2015.[5][6]

She died in Guatemala City on 6 September 2020.[7] The Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch Foundation continues her work in child development and nutrition.[8]

Awards
  • 1990: The Rotary International Paul Harris Award[3]
  • 1993: Dolores Bedoya de Molina Grand Collar Award[3]
  • 1995: “Celebration of our Values” recognition by Banco Industrial[3]
  • 2005: The Order of the Quetzal (Grand Officer), Guatemala's highest honour[9][10]
  • 2012: Rotary International awarded Gutiérrez a special recognition to her Rotary service, on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of Rotary presence in Central America[3]
  • 2019: Golden Fork Award, Person of the Year, at the Food Fair in Guatemala[11][3]
  • 2020: Forbes Central America recognized her as one of the most powerful women of the year[1][12]

References
  1. "Fallece Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch". Forbes Centroamérica (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  2. "Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch, un legado de educación". Es Desarrollo (in Spanish). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  3. Alvarado, Mirna (September 6, 2020). "Fallece rotaria destacada". La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  4. Pérez Marroquín, César (6 September 2020). "Fallece Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch, impulsora de la educación en Guatemala". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  5. "Biografía de Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch, impulsora de la educación en Guatemala". Aprende Guatemala (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  6. Fonseca Borja, René (13 September 2020). "La grandeza hecha mujer". Relevancia Médica (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  7. "Adiós a Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch". Estrategia y Negocios (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  8. "About Us". LOSA Group. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  9. Gonzalez, Luis (6 September 2020). "Luto en la sociedad guatemalteca, fallece Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch". Republica (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  10. "Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch". Fundacion Juan Bautista Gutiérrez (in Spanish). 21 October 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  11. "Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch recibe el Tenedor de Oro". El Periodico. September 25, 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  12. "Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch entre las 100 mujeres más poderosas de 2020 por Forbes" (in Spanish). August 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
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