Diosdado Banatao

He hails from Iguig, Cagayan Valley whose father was a farmer. He is a B S Electrical
Engineering cum laude from Mapua Institute of Technology. He finished MS in Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science in Stanford University when Boeing Company hired him
as design engineer in US. His education, talent and exposure working with top computer
companies paved the way for his great contributions to the advancement of the computer
world.
He is known for developing and manufacturing chips which enhanced computer technology
and internet world. Besides his passion in developing advanced chips, he is also a successful
entrepreneur. He manages his own companies like Mostron and Chips & Technology in
Silicon Valley, California among many others. Despite being a busy multimillion dollar
tycoon, he has still found time visiting and donating a modern computer center in his school
in Cagayan Valley.









Dr. Abelardo Aguilar

He recognized the special substance found in Aspergillus fungi in 1949 and submitted a
sample to his employer based in Indiana, Elli Lilly Co. who secured a patent for the
antibiotic. In 1952 the company commercially produced and generically named the product
Iloson. This substance is now known as erythromycin which is an alternative and prescribed
to persons with allergic reaction to penicillin.
There are many more Filipino scientists whose works have powerful impact to our country
and to the world. We may not be able to feature them but we regard them as our all time
heroes and heroines.












Arturo Alcaraz.


Doctor Arturo Alcaraz is a volcanologist specializing in geothermal energy development. In 1967,
Arturo Alcaraz and team powered an electric light bulb using steam-powered electricity. Power
coming from a Volcano near the town of Tiwi. This was the first geothermal power generated in
the Philippines.













Dr. Ernesto O. Domingo



Dr. Domingo developed and helped implement the clinical fellowship program in the clinical
departments of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). He established the Clinical Epidemiology
Unit (CEU), now a Department, which served both government and private institutions. As
Chancellor of UP Manila, he led the reorganization of UP Manila in 1988 that resulted in the
establishment of the Institutes of Socio-Biomedical Research, which later became the National
Institutes of Health. As Director of the UP Postgraduate School of Medicine he implemented a
nationwide continuing medical education program for medical practitioners.

His contributions to society have earned him numerous awards and recognitions. The Philippine
College of Physicians awarded him the Distinguished Teacher Award in 1983 and the Most
Distinguished Physicians Award (highest award) in 1994. He also received the Dangal ng Bayan
Award from the Civil Service Commission, Saint Brother Miguel Febres Cordero Award by the
De La Salle University, Outstanding Professional in Medicine by the University of the Philippines
Alumni Association and Most Distinguished Alumnus by the UP College of Medicine among
others. In 2008, he was designated Centennial Fellow of UP and in 2009, he became a Fellow of
the American Gastroenterological Association.
















Fe del Mundo



The first woman admitted as a student of the Harvard Medical School, she founded the first
pediatric hospital in the Philippines. Her pioneering work inpediatrics in the Philippines in an
active medical practice that spanned 8 decadeswon her international recognition, including
theRamon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 1977. In 1980, she was conferred the rank and
title of National Scientist of the Philippines while in 2010, she was conferred the Order of
Lakandula.