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ALEJANDRO REYES ROCES
I.
PERSONAL BACKGROUND
Date of Birth : July 13, 1924
Place of Birth : Manila, Philippines
Civil Status : Married to Irene Yorston Viola
Home Address : 1735 Banyan Road, Dasmariñas
Village, Makati City
II. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Elementary and Secondary courses : Ateneo de Manila
Bachelor of Fine Arts : University of Arizona, USA
Master of Arts : Far Eastern University
Doctor of Literature : Toyo University, Japan
(Honoris Causa)
Doctor of Arts and Letters : Polytechnic University of the
Philippines
Doctorate Degree in Humane Letters : Ateneo de Manila University
(Honoris Causa)
Doctorate Degree in Humanities : St. Louis University, Baguio City
(Honoris Causa)
III. PRESENT POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
President, Filipino Car Foundation Inc.
Chairman & President, CAP College Foundation
Director, CAP Life Insurance Corporation
Director, College Assurance Plan Philippines, Inc.
Director, Comprehensive Annuity Plans & Pension Corp.
Director, CAP Technologies, Inc.
Director, CAP Tech Sales Corporation
IV. FORMER POSITIONS
President, Bulletin Publishing Corporation
Chairman, St. Louis University, Baguio City
Chairman, Colegio San Agustin
Secretary of Education, Republic of the Philippines
Chairman, UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines
Dean, Institute of Arts and Sciences, FEU
Chairman of the following
Boards, Commissions & other agencies:
a) Board of Regents, University of the Philippines
b) Board of Trustees, Mindanao Institute of Technology
c) Board of Trustees, Mindanao Agricultural College
d) Board of National Education
e) Board of Medical Education
f) Board of Trustees, Philippine Normal College
g) Advisory Board, Philippines - University of California (Los Angeles) Language
Program
h) Philippine Selection Committee, Eisenhower Fellowship, Inc.
V. ACHIEVEMENTS IN LITERATURE AND JOURNALISM
Columnist, "Roses and Thorns", The Manila Times, 1951 - 61.
Continued to the present in The Philippine Star.
Member, Board of Directors, The Manila Times Publishing Co., 1960 - 61.
Author of Cocks and Kites, a book of humorous stories published by the Regal
Printing.
Discovered and translated into English an old manuscript entitled,
"My Travels with Rizal" by Dr. Maximo Viola.
Published stories in avant-garde magazines such as the Arizona Quarterly,
the Southwest Review, the Pacific Spectator, and the New Mexico
Quarterly in the United States; the Hemisphere in Australia and in all
leading literary magazines in the Philippines.
Anthologized in Philippine short story collections and textbooks; in Australian
anthologies; and in a forthcoming edition to be published in the US.
One of the founders of the Philippine Chapter, International PEN.
VI. AWARDS AND HONORS
1. The Rizal Pro Patria Award, Republic of the Philippines
2. Grand Cross for Distinguished Service with Star and Epaulement of the Order
for Distinguished Service of the Federal Republic of Germany
3. Orden de Isabel la Catolica, Spain
4. Gran Cruz la Orden del Merito Civil, Spain
5. Orden de la Aguila Azteca, United States of Mexico
6. Tanda Kehormatan Bintang Mahaputera, Republic of Indonesia
7. Grand Maitre de L'Ordre National, Republic of Malagasy
8. Order of the White Elephant, Kingdom of Thailand
9. Order of the Brilliant Star, Republic of China
10. One of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines, 1959, chosen by
the Junior Chamber of Commerce for distinction in journalism
11. Two of his stories were cited in Martha Foley's Best American Stories
12. Granted the Conde de Foxa Award for El Legado and La Campana de Baler at
the Certamen Cine Documental Ibero-Americano y Filipino, Bilbao, Spain
13. Awardee, Patnubay ng Kalinangan (Vanguard of Culture) 1985, City of Manila
14. Awardee, Diwa ng Lahi (Spirit of the Race), 1988, City of Manila
15. Awardee, Tanging Parangal ng CCP, 1990 - Gawad CCP Para sa Sining
16. Philippines' S.E.A. Write Awardee for the Year 1997
17. Appointed Honorary Ambassador-At-Large for Guam on June 12, 1998
18. Recipient of Plaque of Recognition from University of Santo Tomas - The
Royal & Pontifical - December 13, 1999
19. Awardee CCP Centennial Honors for the Arts.
20. Chairman, College Assurance Plan & CAP Pension Corporation May, 2000
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