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Landa Jocano

An eminent historian, anthropologist, scholar and Professor Emeritus of the University of the Philippines. He graduated Bachelor of Arts in Central Philippines University in 1957, received his Masters in Anthropology in the University of Chicago in 1962 and got his Ph.D. degree in Anthropology in the same university. Prior to his teaching profession in the University of the Philippines, he was an anthropologist in the National Museum, Manila from 1958- 1967. Then, he became an associate professor in UP Department of Anthropology, and later professor in UP Philippine Center for Advanced Studies and UP Asian Center. His contributions in the university were not confined only to teaching but also in leadership. He had held various administrative positions such as serving as Dean in Institute of Philippine Studies, chairman of the Department of Anthropology, director of Philippine Studies Program, Asian Center and head of Asian Center Museum Laboratory. F. Landa Jocano is currently a Professor Emeritus of UP Asian Center and is the executive director of PUNLAD Research House. Contributions: Youth in a Changing Society Growing up in a Philippine Barrio

Gelia T. Castillo

Noted for being an outstanding Filipino rural sociologist. Dr. Castillo is a figure recognized internationally for her contributions as a social scientist. Her publications are major and definitive works on Philippine agricultural and rural development. These include All in a Grain of Rice, known to be the first book written by a Filipino about the Filipino farmer's response to new technology, and Beyond Manila, cited as an in-depth and analytical study of the actual problems and needs of the rural areas in relation to countryside development. These works gave Filipinos insight on their own rural development efforts and their attempt to reach the farmer and the rural poor. Dr. Castillo and was elected as Academician in 1983, and was later conferred as National Scientist in 1999 by Former President Joseph Estrada. Contributions: Occupational Sex Roles as Perceived by Filipino Adolescents

Mercedes B. Concepcion

Is a Filipino researcher in the areas of demography and population studies. She is recognized as the first Filipina and Asian demographer and is also called the Mother of Asian Demography. born in 10 June 1928. In 1951, she graduated from the University of the Philippines with a Bachelor Science Degree in Chemistry. She continued her education at the University of Sydney Australia in from 1953 to 1954, taking up Biostatistics through a Colombo Plan Fellowship Grant. She obtained her Doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1963. In 1955, she became the first Filipino staff member of the United Nations Statistical Training Center in UP. She later became the first Director and founding Dean of the UP Population Institute UPPI in 1965. The UPPI became instrumental in the creation of the Philippines Population Act of 1971, which set forth family planning and population policies in the country. Concepcion is also the first and only representative of the Philippines to the 1967 United Nations Population Commission and the first Filipina to hold its Chairmanship in 1969 to 1977. She was later elected as the President of the International Union for Scientific Study of Population in 1981 to 1985 and thus became the first Asian woman to hold the presidency of this distinguished council. Concepcion has written several research papers, consultancies and research projects on population and demographics and has worked with local and international governments, the World Health Organization and United Nations. She has even been one of two Asian representatives to the Vatican as part of the Birth Control Commission in 1964. This work eventually led to the Humanae Vitae in 1968.In 1986, under her leadership of the Committee to Review the Philippine Statistical System, the National Statistical Coordination Board was established as well the reorganization of the statistical offices in the country. In 1970, she was honored by the Ateneo de Manila University with a Doctor of Humane Letters. In 1972, she became an awardee for the Rafael Salas Population and Development Award. Her Alma mater granted her Professor status in 1988 and in 2006, the Alumni Association later gave her the Distinguished Alumna Award for her various contributions. The National Academy of Science and Technology elected her as Academician. In 2002, Concepcion earned the title First Filipina Demographer from the Philippine American Foundation. In 2005, her extensive work in population research and policy was recognized by the United Nations and conferred the United Nations Population Award. In 2010, she was awarded the National Scientist Award and called the 33rd National Scientist of the Philippines for her contribution to science and technology. This distinction is the highest award the Philippine government can bestow a scientist. Contributions: The Nations Youth: A Profile

ina Ramirez

is President of the Asian Social Institute, Vice-President of the Francis Senden Memorial Foundation (FSMF), Inc.; Consultant of the Social Research Center of the University of Sto. Tomas; Board Member of Miriam College; and a member of the Pontifical Academy of the Social Sciences established by His Holiness Pope John Paul II in January 1994 in Rome, Italy.

She holds the following degrees: AB in 1955; BS in Education from St. Theresas College, Manila (summa cum laude); MS in Sociology from the Asian Social Institute; and Ph. D. in Organizational Development and Planning from the Southeast Asian Interdisciplinary Development Institute. In the past, she has served as National Organizer and National President of the Young Christian Workers. In the Asian Social Institute, she has served in various capacities as Professor, Dean of the Sociology Department and Acting Director. Outside of the ASI, she also served as President of the Ecumenical Development Cooperative Society (EDCS - now known as Oikocredit), Board Member of the De La Salle University System, East Asian Pastoral Institute and Ramon Magsaysay Awards Foundation. Dr. Ramirez is also a recipient of various awards like the Ozanam Award (given by the Jesuits), St. Benedict Award (given by the Benedictines, Most Outstanding Women of the Philippines given during the centennial year of the Philippines, etc." Contributions: The Paradox of the Filipino Family

Walden E. Bello
is a Filipino author, academic, and political analyst. He is a professor of sociology and public administration at the University of the Philippines Diliman, as well as executive director of Focus on the Global South. Born in Manila, Philippines, he became a political activist following the declaration of Martial Law by then-President Ferdinand Marcos on September 21, 1972. Bello currently sits as a member of Congress in the Philippines' House of Representatives where he serves as the political party Akbayan's second nominee. Walden Bello is the founding director of Focus on the Global South, a policy research institute based in Bangkok, Thailand. Prior to that he was executive director of the Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First) in Oakland, California. Educated at Princeton University, where he did his Ph.D. in sociology in 1975, he subsequently taught at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a research associate with the Center for South East Asian Studies. He is also a guest professor at Binghamton University, where his lectures focus predominantly on issues of globalization. In 2003, Bello was awarded the Right Livelihood Award, whose website describes him as "one of the leading critics of the current model of economic globalization, combining the roles of intellectual and activist." Bello is also a fellow of the Transnational Institute (based in Amsterdam), and is a columnist for Foreign Policy In Focus. In March 2008 he was named Outstanding Public Scholar for 2008 by the International Studies Association. Bello currently sits on the board of directors of the International Forum on Globalization. Contributions: Brain Drain in the Philippines