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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 ...
Among them was Dioscoro Umali who received his PhD in Genetics at Cornell. He would succeed Uichanco as dean upon his death in October 1959. Umali's administration oversaw the Department of Food Science and Technology. New facilities were also constructed under his Five-Year Development Program. [19]
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 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. [40]
During his study there, he was taught by Dr. Dioscoro Umali. [4] In 1954, he received his master's degree from Cornell University and received his doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in Genetics and Plant Breeding from the University of Minnesota in 1959.
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 main campus of University of the Philippines Los Baños is located in the towns of Los Baños and Bay in the province of Laguna, 64 km (40 mi) southeast of Manila.The complex covers 5,445 ha (13,450 acres) of land encompassing the entire Makiling Forest Reserve (MFR) and surrounding areas.
Rommel Nazareno Angara (/ ˈ r ɒ m əl ˌ n æ z ə ˈ r iː n oʊ ə ŋ ˈ ɡ ɑːr ə / ROM-əl NAZ-ə-REE-noh əng-GAR-ə, Tagalog: [rɔˈmel nazaˈrɛno aŋˈɡarɐ]; born August 20, 1980) is a Filipino poet [1] [2] and essayist.