Proclamation No. 487 (1958)

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.

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 Marañon, 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