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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 ...
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. [40]
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.
Its first project was a literary seminar-workshop in Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur. After a few years, Juan S.P. Hidalgo, Jr. , a staff member of Bannawag, suggested a change in name to Gunglo dagiti Mannurat nga Ilokano to enable Ilokano writers in Iloko , English, Spanish and other languages to become members.
This lead him to win separate awards from Commonwealth Literary Contest in 1940 and 1946, for his masterpieces, Singsing na Pangkasal and Tatsulok, respectively. [ 5 ] [ 4 ] In 1958, he established the Kapatiran ng mga Alagad ng Wikang Pilipino , roughly translated as "Brotherhood of the Disciples of the Filipino Language", a society that ...
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.