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Casimiro Villacin del Rosario (June 13, 1896 – September 15, 1982) was a Filipino scientist. He was named a national scientist in the Philippines in 1983 for being a pioneer in physics, meteorology, and astronomy in the Philippines. Del Rosario is recognized for his restoration of the war-damaged Philippine Observatory and for his leadership ...
[3] He applied for undergraduate admission and scholarship to ten U.S. universities but two of them replied. However, World War II began and Lagmay had to delay his studies. After the war, he shifted to philosophy due to the lack of teachers in psychology at the time. In 1947, he received his bachelor's degree in Philosophy as cum laude. [3]
National Scientists of the Philippines (1978-1998). Pasig City, Philippines: Anvil Publishing. pp. 85– 96. ISBN 971-27-0932-9. Carandang, Aristotle P. "National Scientist Jose R. Velasco passes away, 90". National Academy of Science and Technology. Archived from the original on February 11, 2007
[3] [4] The bahag is a loincloth that was commonly used throughout the Philippines before European colonization, and which is used by some indigenous tribes of the Philippines today—most notably the Cordillerans in Northern Luzon. [5] [6] The Salakot is traditional headgear, usually made of bamboo, rattan, nito ferns, and bottle gourd. [7] [8]
María Orosa y Ylagan [1] (November 29, 1892 – February 13, 1945) was a Filipina food technologist, pharmaceutical chemist, humanitarian, and war heroine. [2] She experimented with foods native to the Philippines, and during World War II developed Soyalac (a nutrient rich drink from soybeans) and Darak (rice cookies packed with vitamin B-1, which prevents beriberi disease), which she also ...
Juan Sanchez Salcedo Jr. (September 23, 1904 [3] – October 25, 1988) [2] [1] was a Filipino physician and scientist who specialized in biochemistry, nutrition and public health. [4] He was secretary of health from 1950 to 1953 and chairman of the National Science Development Board (now reorganized as the Department of Science and Technology ...
Anacleto del Rosario y Sales (July 13, 1860, Santa Cruz, Manila – May 2, 1895) was a leading chemist in the Philippines during the Spanish era in Philippine history. Regarded as the "Father of Philippine Science and Laboratory", del Rosario invented the formula for producing a pure kind of alcohol from tuba in a nipa palm.
The Commonwealth of the Philippines was attacked by the Empire of Japan on 8 December 1941, nine hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor (the Philippines is on the Asian side of the international date line). Although it was governed by a semi-independent commonwealth government, Washington controlled the Philippines at the time and possessed ...