Dr. Carino was born on April 22, 1942. She was acknowledged of her excellent works and achievement in the fields of Public Administration, Political Science and Sociology. In which it extent a variety of issues and approaches in improvement, from local sovereignty to national supremacy, from participatory growth models and approaches to a focus on the elite, and from bureaucratic fraud to the imperatives of the civil service.

With pharmacy and botany as backdrop, Dr. Cantoria was born on October 25, 1924. She has made basic researches on the pharmacognosy of agaar, rauwolfia, datura, mint and Piper Species. Her researches deal mainly on the morphology, physiology and biochemistry of drug plants.

Dr. Gelia Castillo was a great rural sociologist and renowned internationally. Her books are major and authoritative works on Philippine Agricultural and Rural Development. Her manuscript All in a Grain of Rice is the first book written by a Filipino farmer's reply to fresh technology. Beyond Manila, another book of her has been cited as an in-depth and systematic study of the real problems and needs of the rural areas relative to countryside improvement. The sum of Dr. Castillo's research undertakings has provides us much required insights on our own rural progress; endeavor to reach the farmer and the unfortunate.

A known scientist, educator and administrator, Dr. Leopoldo Castillo was born on November 15, 1921. He has contributed essential research information in the development of the livestock and poultry industries in animal nourishment and supervision.