Emil Q. Javier
Encyclopedia
Emil Q. Javier was the 16th President of the University of the Philippines
(UP) between 1993 and 1999. He was born on September 11, 1940, in Sta. Cruz, Laguna, Philippines
and attended Cornell University
.
He served as a presidential cabinet member and chair of the National Science Development Board. He worked at The Hague in the Netherlands as senior research fellow for the International Service for National Agricultural Research and went to Taiwan to direct work on vegetable research and development.
After a few years abroad, Javier returned to his country at the request of former President Fidel Valdez Ramos to lead UP as its president. The University of the Philippines is the premier state university and national university of the Philippines, founded on June 18, 1908.
He currently heads the National Academy of Science and Technology and is Chairman of SATRE Development Foundation, spearheading sustainable agriculture projects in the Philippine hinterlands.
University of the Philippines
The ' is the national university of the Philippines. Founded in 1908 through Act No...
(UP) between 1993 and 1999. He was born on September 11, 1940, in Sta. Cruz, Laguna, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
and attended Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
.
He served as a presidential cabinet member and chair of the National Science Development Board. He worked at The Hague in the Netherlands as senior research fellow for the International Service for National Agricultural Research and went to Taiwan to direct work on vegetable research and development.
After a few years abroad, Javier returned to his country at the request of former President Fidel Valdez Ramos to lead UP as its president. The University of the Philippines is the premier state university and national university of the Philippines, founded on June 18, 1908.
He currently heads the National Academy of Science and Technology and is Chairman of SATRE Development Foundation, spearheading sustainable agriculture projects in the Philippine hinterlands.