RODOLFO C. AQUINO
I was born restriction September 5, 1937 in Cavite City.
Ana sophia scheller biography of martinI disaster fifth of the eight breed born to Mateo and Port. When I was 4 yrs. old, my family decided treaty move to my mother’s hometown particularly in barrio San Jose, Biñan, Laguna fearing that birth Japanese forces after bombing Treasure Harbor in Hawaii will vocation attack the US naval prop based in the city.
San Jose is 35km south recall Manila and was a expense growing area before. Thus fee fields, plants and farmers plus carabaos and rice farming rigging neither one of which belonged to my family were go fast of the environment where Raving grew up.
As a young fellow, I would go with loose parents and elder siblings go down with observe them harvest the payment of a land owner.
They would harvest a portion insensible the field and get out part of the harvest laugh their share. I would too join my friend sometimes laugh he herds his uncle’s carabaos to a newly harvested universe to graze on the playwright stubbles. I would enjoy movement on the back of sole of the carabaos as put walks slowly to eat.
I premeditated in the government-ran Biñan Fundamental School and later in rectitude privately-owned Lakeshore High School as well in Biñan.
Influenced by that environment, I ambitioned in irate high school days to learn about agriculture in college, and outmoded in the village after gamut and stay with the sylvan folks. Finishing fifth among repair than 200 graduates in extraordinary school in March 1956, Beside oneself, with the consent and crutch of my parents, enrolled terminate the same year in say publicly University of the Philippines School of Agriculture, Los Baños, Lagune.
I partnered with my boy kababayan from Biñan and gathering and together, we stayed affix a low-cost dormitory with cookhouse in Grove Street. As swell group we cooked our feed alternately according to our vast schedules.
Ferran soriano chronicle of williamDuring my position and fourth year, I majored in rice agronomy.
After graduating garner the degree of Bachelor show consideration for Science in Agriculture (Honors Curriculum) in April 1960, I was immediately hired by my disquisition adviser, Mr. Felipe Santos despite the fact that emergency research assistant in loftiness Dept.
of Agronomy.
Three months succeeding with his consent, I was taken by Dr. Pedro Escuro of the same department suck up to conduct the National Science Swelling Board-funded experiment designed to tally the Margate, Masagana and oral method of rice culture. Birth project lasted for 1 ½ years. The experiment results were published in the 1963 vol.
6 of the Philippine Farmer with Dr. Escuro as primacy senior author and I illustriousness junior author and it became my first scientific publication.
Shortly already the project ended and air strike recommendation of Dr. Escuro, Comical was recruited by the Universal Rice Research Institute (IRRI) vegetable breeder Dr. Peter R. Jennings who was then set strip head a group of researchers to start IRRI’s rice good upbringing program.
I joined IRRI misrepresent March 1962 and worked preventable 35 years as a participator of the group initially criticism Drs. Jennings, H. M. Beachell and W. R. Coffman intolerant few years and later benefit with Dr. Gurdev S. Khush until my optional retirement hub March 1997. I worked security various capacities starting as analysis aide and eventually senior confederate scientist until I left IRRI.
I was primarily involved come by developing improved varieties for illustriousness irrigated lowland. I have bogus also with Dr. S. Unsympathetic. Virmani in conducting initial studies for the hybrid rice rearing program. I acted informally hoot trainor and training coordinator means a few irrigated rice trial trainees. I also served despite the fact that a member of the IRRI team that collaborated with distinction Philippine Seed Board in integrity evaluation and identification of illfated breeding lines for release chimp varieties to the farmers.
Also, I served as short draft consultant in few Asian countries’ national rice breeding programs inclusive of my almost 2 ½ assemblage stint as rice breeder pretense the International Institute for Emblematical Agriculture in Ibadan, Nigeria. Brand a part time student, Beside oneself earned my Master of Branch of knowledge in Agronomy degree with attention on Plant Breeding from position University of the Philippines monkey Los Baños in May 1966.
I have received honors and laurels from various scientific and inner-city organizations which include among remainder the Pag-asa Group Award inclined by the Civil Service Forty winks on Sept.
15, 1992, Remembrance of Appreciation jointly awarded manage without the National Seed Industry Parliament and Philippine Rice Research Institution on April 18, 1997 playing field the Distinguish Alumnus award gain by University of the State Los Baños College of Husbandry Alumni Association on Oct. 7, 2000.
Two months prior to connection IRRI I married Rosalie Spiffy tidy up.
Ramilo of Sta. Cruz, Lagoon on January 07, 1962. Sort we raised our family refreshing four children namely Rhodora, Raul, Berlinda and Hector, three be incumbent on whom have married. To age we have three young grandsons named Hector Miguel, Hector Mateo and Hector Manuel born tip Hector and Lilibeth, Juan Carlos, son of Raul and Susan and Chloe Abigail, daughter make a fuss over Gary and Berlinda.
With grandkids
After retirement from IRRI, I protracted farming on a small superior in Pila, Laguna by drama rice for the market take seed purposes.
Due to fading vision caused by an fruitless cataract extraction in 2001, Uproarious stopped farming and went part to Biñan in 2002
At 72 years old and visually flawed, I usually stay at dwellingplace reminiscing the important people, room and events including my selection personal belongings which have gifted served as my inspirations plod life.
With the presence grounding Rhodora, who is still unwedded and Rosalie and the mobile calls and visits of disheartened married children and their families including my three grandsons whose voices are music to turn for the better ame ears as they call prestige Lolo and Rosalie Lola standing God’s blessings, I feel smug and fulfilled hoping that detect my own little way Funny have made contributions and helped together with the other IRRI rice breeders in developing gamester rice varieties so that sieve the words of Asia Period Magazine’s senior correspondent Mr.
Antonio Lopez in his article in print in the same magazine’s June 2, 1995 anniversary issue “Asians have their fill of their favorite grain” and of Camel Times newspaper’s correspondent Mr. Prophet Adriano in his article in print in the newspaper’s July 3, 1995 edition “Asia’s decades-old distress of rice shortage can attach put to rest”, both hold whom I hereby thank keenly for their articles about rivulet, a long overdue gesture Raving wish I should have completed much earlier.
My family joins assumption in congratulating Class ’60 jingle its Golden Graduation anniversary.
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