MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 487, February 11, 1958 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 24 TO 30, 1958, AS SPECIAL SCIENCE WEEK AND CREATING A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE OBSERVANCE THEREOF

In order to give impetus to the role of science in the economic development of the country, I, CARLOS P. GARCIA, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from March 24 to 30, 1958, as National Science Week, to be observed throughout the country in schools, colleges, universities, scientific and technical) institutions and societies with appropriate ceremonies.1âшphi1

The following are hereby designated members of a committee to take charge of the national observance of the week, with particular emphasis on science applications in the fields of agriculture and industry:

Marcelino E. Calinawan, Jr., Office of the Science Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chairman
Patrocinio Valenzuela, Dean, College of Pharmacy, U. P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice-Chairman
Manuel Roxas, Former Director of Plant Industry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Juan Salcedo, Jr., Dean, U. P. Graduate School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Joaquin Maraņon, Director of Science and Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Eduardo Quisumbing, Director of National Museum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Marcos M. Alicante, Director, Bureau of Soils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Felipe R. Amos, Director of Forestry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Manuel V. Arguelles, Executive Director, National Science Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Eugenio E. Cruz, Director of Plant Industry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Eugenio de la Cruz, Director, Forest Research Institute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Faustino Lozada, Director, Industrial Development Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Laureano S. Marquez, Director of Animal Industry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Col. F. Medina, Chief, RDD, AFP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Horaclio R. Montalban, Director of Fisheries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Jose J. Mirasol, President, Philippine Association of Agriculturists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Crisostomo Ortigas, Dean, U. P. College of Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Domingo Paguirigan, Director, Agricultural Extension Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Mariano Ramiro, Chief, Industrial Resources, Branch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Anastacio Teodoro, Dean, FEU Institute of Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Deogracias Villadolid, Dean, Institute of Science, Araneta University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Gregorio Y. Zara, Vice President and Dean, FEATI Institute of Technology. . . . . . . . . . . Member

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of February in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the twelfth.

CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines

By the President:

JUAN C. PAJO
Executive Secretary


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