Curriculum Vitae
KEY INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES, CONFERENCES
Chairman, Philippine Delegation to the Afro-Asian April 1955
Bandung Conference, Bandung, Indonesia
Chairman, First Southeast Asia May 26 – May 30, 1950
Conference also known as the Baguio
Conference of 1950
President, United Nations March 23 – April 22, 1948
Conference on the Freedom of Information,
Geneva, Switzerland
Chairman, Philippine Delegation, July 29 – August 1946
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
(or the London Conference on Devastated Areas),
London
Philippine Representative to the Far Eastern February 1946
Commission (FEC) composed of eleven nations
Chairman, Philippine Delegation to the 1946
First Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Central Hall, Westminster, London
Chairman, Philippine Delegation April 25 – June 26, 1945
United Nations on International Organization (UNCIO)
Conference, San Francisco
HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
At least one hundred fifteen awards and decorations and over sixty honorary degrees, including
Military Decorations
Philippine Legion of Honor 1994
with the Degree of Commander
Rizal Pro-Patria Award 1971
Philippines
Officer Class, Legion of Honor of the French Republic 1969
Quezon Service Cross 1951
Philippines
Legion of Merit, Degree of Commander 1950
United States
Purple Heart, United States Army 1942
Silver Star, United States Army 1942
Diplomatic Medals
University of the Philippines Centennial Award 2008
International Statesman of the Year 1981
United States
Order of Merit for National Foundation 1979
South Korea
Bintang Negara Republik Indonesia Adhipradana 1979
Indonesia
Greatest Son of Tarlac in the Last One Hundred Years 1974
Philippines
Pontifical Order of Pope St. Sylvester 1962
Rome
Grand Cross of the Order of the Phoenix 1950
Greece
Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic 1950
Spain
Medallion of Valor ?
Israel
Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal for International 1948
Statemanship in 1947
New York
Civilian Awards
Gran Cruz de la Orden del Libertador San Martin 1983
Argentina
Gold Medal of Honor 1958
New York
World Peace Award 1956
New York
Silver Buffalo, Boy Scouts 1952
New York
World Brotherhood Award 1951
New York
Citation from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation 1946
for peace efforts
New Jersey
1942 Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for Distinguished 1942
Correspondence
Republic of the Philippines Decorations
Bayani ng Bagong Republika 1984
National Artist for Literature 1982
Order of Magellan 1979
Raja (Grand Collar) of the Order of Sikatuna 1953
Congressional Medal of Honor 1950
Honorary Degrees
Tufts University, Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) 1980
Massachusetts
Unibersidad de Madrid, Honoris Causa En Derecho 1966
Madrid
University of Karachi, Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) 1965
Pakistan
Delhi University, Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) 1964
India
Sophia University, Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) 1963
Tokyo
Georgetown University, Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) 1960
Washington, D.C.
College of William and Mary, Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) 1955
Virginia
Harvard University, Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) 1950
Massachusetts
University of the Philippines, Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) 1949
Quezon City
University of Athens, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) 1948
Athens
Notre Dame University, Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) 1935
Indiana
BOOKS
Best-selling author of I Walked with Heroes (1961), I See the Philippines Rise (1946), I Saw the Fall of the Philippines (1942), My Brother Americans (1942), and eighteen other titles.
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