Maximiliano de la Luz Borges y del Junco (May 29, 1890 in

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- June 9, 1963, Arlington, VA) was a well-known

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and Minister of Public Works during the presidency of Dr.

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of Cuba. He graduated as an engineer in 1916 and as an architect (in 1917). His first company was “Construcciones Max Borges” later renamed “Max Borges e Hijos”. He was married first to Enriqueta Recio y Heymann in 1917 and they had three sons, Alberto (Plastic Surgeon...M.D., F.A.C.S., F.I.C.S.) and Enrique and

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both architects who joined their father in his firm). He later married Josefina Seiglie (in 1937) and they had Josefina and Ana Maria Borges y Seiglie.

References

* ''Los Propietarios de Cuba 1958'', Guillermo Jimenez Soler (Havana, Cuba: Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, 2007) * ''The Havana Guide - Modern Architecture 1925-1965'', Eduardo Luis Rodriguez (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2000) * ''La Habana, Guia de Arquitectura'', Maria Elena Zequeira & Eduardo Luis Rodriguez Fernandez, editors (Havana, Cuba: Ciudad de La Habana Provincial de Planificacion Fisica y Arquitectura, 1998) * ''Anuario Social de La Habana 1939'', Julio de Cespedes & Miguel Baguer, editors (Havana, Cuba: Luz-Hilo, S.A., 1939) * ''Directorio Social de la Habana 1948'', Maria R. de Fontanills & Eduardo Fontanills Jr., editors (Havana, Cuba: P. Fernandez y Cia., S. en C., 1948) * ''Libro de Oro de la Sociedad Habanera 1949'', Joaquin de Posada, Eduardo Cidre & Pablo Alvarez de Canas, editors (Havana, Cuba: Editorial Lex, 1949) * ''Libro de Oro de la Sociedad Habanera 1950'', Joaquin de Posada, Eduardo Cidre & Pablo Alvarez de Canas, editors (Havana, Cuba: Editorial Lex, 1950) * ''Libro de Oro de la Sociedad Habanera 1953'', Joaquin de Posada & Pablo Alvarez de Canas, editors (Havana, Cuba: Editorial Lex, 1953) * ''Registro Social de la Habana 1955'', Julio de Cespedes, editor (Havana, Cuba: Molina y Cia., S.A., 1955) * ''Registro Social de la Habana 1958'', Julio de Cespedes, editor (Havana, Cuba: Molina y Cia., S.A., 1958) 1890 births 1963 deaths People from Jaruco Cuban architects Cuban emigrants to the United States {{Cuba-architect-stub