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Dioscoro Lopez Umali (November 17, 1917 – July 1, 1992) was a Filipino agriculturalist and National Scientist of the Philippines awardee, known as "the Father of Philippine Plant Breeding." [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] He was awarded several international honors and distinctions for his outstanding achievements and improvements of rice , corn and other ...
Pedro B. Escuro (2 August 1923 – 8 September 2000) was a Filipino scientist who specialized in genetics and plant breeding. [1] As a plant breeder, he made significant contributions to rice breeding.
Dioscoro L. Umali: Agricultural Sciences Agriculture and Rural Development 1987 Jose Encarnacion, Jr. Social Sciences Economics Luz Oliveros-Belardo: Mathematical and Physical Sciences Phytochemistry 1988 Alfredo Lagmay: Social Sciences Experimental Psychology 1989 Paulo Campos: Health Sciences Nuclear Medicine Fidel V. Ramos 1994 Pedro Escuro
The Department of Agricultural Information and Communication building (now College of Development Communication) was built under Umali's Five-Year Development Program. [19] On July 1, 1952, UPCA signed a contract with Cornell University regarding assistance for post-war development. Cornell sent 51 professors, 35 of which were from Cornell, to ...
The 1,098 ha (2,710-acre) Los Baños campus houses UPLB's academic facilities, as well as experimental farms for agriculture and biotechnology research. [5] The more prominent buildings in the Los Baños campus, such as the Dioscoro L. Umali Hall, Main Library, and Student Union were designed by National Artist for Architecture Leandro Locsin. [39]
Professor of Literature and Social Sciences; poet; founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines: Jessica Soho: broadcast journalist Auraeus Solito: film director Shamcey Supsup: Miss Universe 2011 3rd runner-up Jerrold Tarog: film director Mel Tiangco: broadcast journalist, anchor and host, GMA Kapuso Foundation chair Jeeca Uy
Angel Chua Alcala ONS (March 1, 1929 – February 1, 2023) was a Filipino biologist who was named a National Scientist of the Philippines in 2014. Alcala is known for his fieldwork to build sanctuaries and to promote biodiversity in the aquatic ecosystems of the Philippines.
The UPLB Museum of Natural History (also known as MNH) is a natural science and natural history museum within the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) campus. It serves as a center for documentation, research, and information [2] of flora and fauna of the Philippines.