Gabriel A. Daza was one of the charter members of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines

Boy Scouts of the Philippines

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 (BSP). He completed Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 at the Ateneo de Manila

Ateneo de Manila University

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 in 1914 and subsequently attended Herald’s Engineering College in San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

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, Bliss Electrical School in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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, and the Educational Department of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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.

His involvement with Scouting started in 1928 when he registered to be a member of the Cebu Council, Boy Scouts of America

Boy Scouts of America

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. Later on, he was appointed as Secretary of the Boy Scout Foundation by Joseph E. Stevenot

Joseph E. Stevenot

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, the foundation's chairman. He served in the BSP's National Executive Board until 1961 when he was elected to succeed Jorge B. Vargas

Jorge B. Vargas

Jorge B. Vargas was a lawyer and youth advocate born in Bago City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. He graduated valedictorian from Negros Occidental High School in 1909 and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1911 and a Bachelor of Law degree with honors in 1914, both from the University of the...

 as President and Chief Scout. Prior to his election he was already serving as acting President and Chief Scout, as Jorge Vargas was concurrently serving the position and as a member of the World Scout Committee since 1951.

Daza received several recognitions. Among them was the Bronze Wolf awarded by the World Scout Conference in 1965, the Silver Tamaraw (BSP), Golden Pheasant (Japan

Japan

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), Cruz de Merito (Venezuela

Venezuela

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), Silver Tiki (New Zealand

New Zealand

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), and Mongunhwa Gold Medal (South Korea

South Korea

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).

He was also recognized by the two Pope

Pope

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s. First by Pope Pius XII

Pope Pius XII

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 in 1947, awarding him with the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Sylvester with the grade of Knight

Knight

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, and by Pope John XXIII

Pope John XXIII

-Papal election:Following the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958, Roncalli was elected Pope, to his great surprise. He had even arrived in the Vatican with a return train ticket to Venice. Many had considered Giovanni Battista Montini, Archbishop of Milan, a possible candidate, but, although archbishop...

in 1960 granting him the grade of Knight Commander with Star from the same order.