Carlos P. Romulo
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Carlos P. Rómulo (b. January 14, 1901, Camilíng, Tarlac - d. December 15, 1985, Manila) was a Filipino politician and author.
He served as the President of the Fourth Session of U.N. General Assembly from 1949-1950, and chairman of the UN Security Council. He had served with General Douglas MacArthur in the Pacific, was Ambassador to the US, and became the first Asian to win the Pulitzer Prize in journalism in 1942.
He is the co-founder of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines.
He served as Resident Commissioner of the Philippines to the US Congress from 1944 to 1946. He was the signatory for the Philippines to the UN Charter when it was founded in 1946. He was the Philippines' Secretary (Minister from 1973 to 1984) of Foreign Affairs under Pres. Elpidio Quirino from 1950 to 1952, under Pres. Diosdado Macapagal from 1963 to 1964 and under Pres. Ferdinand Marcos from 1968 to 1984.
He was a reporter at 16, a newspaper editor by the age of 20, and a publisher at 32.
Rómulo, in all, wrote and published 18 books, which included The United (novel), I Walked with Heroes (autobiography), I Saw the Fall of the Philippines, Mother America and I See the Philippines Rise (war-time memoirs).
Rómulo is a recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award, the highest adult award given by the Boy Scouts of America.
See also
United States Congressional Delegations from Philippines
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Categories: 1899 births | 1985 deaths | People from Tarlac | Members of the United States House of Representatives from The Philippines | National Artist of the Philippines | Philippine writers | Pulitzer Prize winners | Filipino politicians | Alpha Phi Omega honorary brothers | Silver Buffalo awardees