Camilo OsÃas
Camilo Osias Olaviano ( born March 28, 1889 in Balaoan, La Union, † May 20, 1976 ) was a Filipino politician and writer.
Biography
Political career
After schooling in Balaoan, Vigan City and San Fernando, he received a scholarship from the government to study in the United States. There he completed a teaching degree at the Illinois State Teacher 's College and graduated in 1905 with a diploma. He then studied at Columbia University and earned there not only a Bachelor of Arts (BA ), but also diplomas in the fields of management and supervision.
After his return he became a teacher and rose in 1915 for the first Filipino who worked as a district school board. In 1921, he was initially for a short time a member of the first Independent Mission of the Philippines to the United States. Between 1921 and 1936 he was the first president of the National University, and from 1929 to 1935 Delegate ( Resident Commissioner ) in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington. As such, he was instrumental in the negotiations on the sovereignty of the Philippines.
In 1934 he was delegate to the Constitutional Convention ( Philippine Constitutional Convention ) and represented in the interests of the 1st electoral district of La Union. As such, he was not only an active member of committees, but also multiple speakers at plenary debates. It advocated mainly for academic freedom and civil rights, which he regarded as the true foundations of a democratic policy.
After the establishment of the Commonwealth of the Philippines in 1942, he was elected member of the Senate and was this after a re-election with the most votes in the November 1947 to November 1953 on. During this time he was in April 1952 and in April 1953 for a short time every two weeks, President of the Senate.
In November 1961 he was re-elected Senator and belonged to the Senate until 1969.
Writer and Awards
Osias has also worked as a writer and has written several books including Philippine Readers, The Filipino Way of Life, which with a literary prize excellent José Rizal: His Life and Times, and countless other Büche some articles about Jose Rizal. In addition, he translated beside Rizal's Noli Me Tangere major works and El Filibusterismo several of its side works into English and Ilokano.
For his services in the public sector as well as in pedagogy him an honorary doctorate of law from Otterbein College in Ohio in 1934 was awarded. The National University in 1961 In addition, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of pedagogy.
In addition, he was named a Barangay in his hometown Balaoan honor.