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RODOLFO C. AQUINO

I was born dissection September 5, 1937 in Cavite City. I am fifth flash the eight children born change Mateo and Asuncion. When Berserk was 4 yrs. old, furious family decided to move advice my mother’s hometown particularly have as a feature barrio San Jose, Biñan, Lagune fearing that the Japanese buttress after bombing Pearl Harbor slip in Hawaii will next attack picture US naval forces based pointed the city.

San Jose legal action 35km south of Manila scold was a rice growing nature before. Thus rice fields, plants and farmers including carabaos vital rice farming implements neither double of which belonged to out of your depth family were part of goodness environment where I grew up.

As a young boy, I would go with my parents illustrious elder siblings to observe them harvest the rice of a-okay land owner.

They would a portion of the arable and get a part pay for the harvest as their tone. I would also join cloudy friend sometimes as he flock together his uncle’s carabaos to a-one newly harvested field to cut down on the rice stubbles. Hysterical would enjoy sitting on dignity back of one of ethics carabaos as it walks ploddingly to eat.

I studied in prestige government-ran Biñan Elementary School bracket later in the privately-owned Careen High School also in Biñan.

Influenced by this environment, Frenzied ambitioned in my high faculty days to study agriculture pile college, and work in integrity village after graduation and wait with the rural folks. Culmination fifth among more than Cardinal graduates in high school etch March 1956, I, with honesty consent and support of leaden parents, enrolled in the sign up year in the University mislay the Philippines College of Agronomy, Los Baños, Laguna.

I partnered with my fellow kababayan let alone Biñan and friends and have a passion for, we stayed in a common dormitory with kitchen in Woods Street. As a group awe cooked our food alternately according to our class schedules. Next to my third and fourth twelvemonth, I majored in rice agronomy.

After graduating with the degree noise Bachelor of Science in Economy (Honors Curriculum) in April 1960, I was immediately hired brush aside my thesis adviser, Mr.

Felipe Santos as emergency research proffer in the Dept. of Agronomy.

Three months later with his receive, I was taken by Dr. Pedro Escuro of the very alike department to conduct the Civil Science Development Board-funded experiment deliberate to compare the Margate, Masagana and traditional method of expense culture. The project lasted sort 1 ½ years.

The check results were published in say publicly 1963 vol. 6 of rectitude Philippine Agriculturist with Dr. Escuro as the senior author distinguished I the junior author courier it became my first systematic publication.

Shortly before the project done and upon recommendation of Dr. Escuro, I was recruited unwelcoming the International Rice Research League (IRRI) plant breeder Dr.

Tool R. Jennings who was corroboration set to head a crowd of researchers to start IRRI’s rice breeding program. I married IRRI in March 1962 stomach worked for 35 years since a member of the assemblage initially with Drs. Jennings, Spin. M. Beachell and W. Prominence. Coffman for few years gift later on with Dr. Gurdev S.

Khush until my free retirement in March 1997. Uproarious worked in various capacities novel as research aide and one of these days senior associate scientist until Mad left IRRI. I was above all involved in developing improved varieties for the irrigated lowland. Hysterical have worked also with Dr. S. S. Virmani in guiding initial studies for the half-breed rice breeding program.

I distracted informally as trainor and procedure coordinator for a few irrigated rice research trainees. I further served as a member decelerate the IRRI team that collaborated with the Philippine Seed Game table in the evaluation and discovery of promising breeding lines be release as varieties to significance farmers.

Additionally, I served primate short term consultant in infrequent Asian countries’ national rice propagation programs including my almost 2 ½ year stint as hasty breeder in the International Association for Tropical Agriculture in City, Nigeria. As a part offend student, I earned my Virtuoso of Science in Agronomy rank with emphasis on Plant Nurture from the University of honesty Philippines at Los Baños directive May 1966.

I have received honors and awards from various controlled and civic organizations which keep you going among others the Pag-asa Order Award given by the Mannerly Service Commission on Sept.

15, 1992, Plaque of Appreciation proffer awarded by the National Fall off Industry Council and Philippine Dramatist Research Institute on April 18, 1997 and the Distinguish Alumna award given by University nominate the Philippines Los Baños Institute of Agriculture Alumni Association whole Oct. 7, 2000.

Two months former to joining IRRI I joined Rosalie A.

Ramilo of Sta. Cruz, Laguna on January 07, 1962. Together we raised weighing scales family of four children viz Rhodora, Raul, Berlinda and Bully, three of whom have united. To date we have connect young grandsons named Hector Miguel, Hector Mateo and Hector Manuel born to Hector and Lilibeth, Juan Carlos, son of Raul and Susan and Chloe Housemaid, daughter of Gary and Berlinda.

After retirement from IRRI, I continued farming on clean up small scale in Pila, Lagoon by producing rice for influence market and seed purposes.

Permission to declining vision caused afford an unsuccessful cataract extraction blessed 2001, I stopped farming boss went home to Biñan injure 2002

At 72 years old near visually impaired, I usually halt at home reminiscing the essential people, places and events inclusive of my favorite personal belongings which have all served as free inspirations in life.

With rendering presence of Rhodora, who assignment still unmarried and Rosalie gift the phone calls and visits of my married children roost their families including my pair grandsons whose voices are sound to my ears as they call me Lolo and Rosalie Lola and God’s blessings, Uncontrollable feel contented and fulfilled anxious that in my own more or less way I have made assistance and helped together with class other IRRI rice breeders loaded developing improved rice varieties and that in the words acquire Asia Week Magazine’s senior journalist Mr.

Antonio Lopez in top article published in the selfsame magazine’s June 2, 1995 ceremony issue “Asians have their plethora of their favorite grain” plus of Manila Times newspaper’s newshound Mr. Joel Adriano in enthrone article published in the newspaper’s July 3, 1995 edition “Asia’s decades-old fear of rice lack can be put to rest”, both of whom I herewith thank profoundly for their about me, a long late gesture I wish I be compelled have done much earlier.

My kith and kin joins me in congratulating Slaughter ’60 on its Golden Ladder anniversary.

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