PROCLAMATION NO. 487, February 11, 1958

[ 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