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First Filipino in Education




Alfredo V. Lagmay

Profile

1st Filipino to be the first elected Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of the Philippines (UPDP)

1970




Dan Inosanto

Profile

1st Filipino-American Jeet Kune Do teacher certified by Bruce Lee

1967




Dr. Emerlinda R. Roman

Profile

1st Filipina President of the University of the Philippines

2005




Encarnacion Alzona

Profile

1st Filipina Ph.D. in the Philippines

National Scientist (1985)





Dr. Fe del Mundo

Profile

1st Filipina and 1st Asian at the Harvard University School of Medicine

1937-1938




Francisco Araneta, S.J.

Profile

1st Filipino Rector of the Ateneo de Manila University

1958




Dr. Gregorio F. Zaide

Profile

1st Filipino and 1st Asian to win the United Nations Study Award

“Dean of Filipino historiographers”

1957




Helen Brown

Profile

1st Filipina graduate of the University of Califo rnia Los Angeles (UCLA)

1937




Dr. Helena Z. Benitez

Profile

1st Filipina, 1st Asian, and 1st woman international academic and legislative leader inducted into the Democracy Hall of Fame International

2003




Horacio de la Costa

Profile

1st Filipino Dean, College of Arts and Sciences at the Ateneo de Manila

1953-1955





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