Business leader and former La Nación board chairman Fernán Vargas Rohrmoser dies at 92
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- Fernán Vargas Rohrmoser died Friday at age 92.
- He spent more than 60 years associated with La Nación and served as chairman of its board.
- He also took part in Costa Rica’s public, economic and cultural life.
Fernán Vargas Rohrmoser, a prominent Costa Rican businessman and former chairman of La Nación’s board, died Friday at the age of 92.
He left a mark on La Nación over more than six decades and participated at different points in Costa Rica’s public, economic and cultural life.
A 2013 archive photograph showed Vargas Rohrmoser at his home in Guachipelín, Escazú, during a tribute marking 50 years of work at La Nación.
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