Born on November 17, 1928. Noted Economist, a Theorist with interest also in the policy area. Professor and Dean, School of the University of the Philippines.

Born on April 19, 1949. In Recognition of his pioneering works on novel analytic constructs which turn out to be useful for problems in economics. His introduction of subsymmetric sets resulted in extending the reach celebrated Ash bargaining solution to more egalitarian (Rawlsian) grounds.

Dr. Edito Garcia, born on September 16, 1921, a Professor of Parasitology at the UP Institute of Public Health, has done research in the areas of immunology and parasitic infections. Dr. Garcia has been conducting studies on the immunology of Schistosomiasis Japonica particularly on the improvement of vaccines since 1979. A hypothesis has been formed which enabled Dr. Garcia and his associates to discover an immunologic mechanism which leads to granulocytic modulation and consequently disease abatement in schistosomiasis. To date 18 scientific papers on the advancement of this study have been published in foreign journals and a vaccine against infection is being formulated.

Dr. Gomez acknowledged because of his exceptional research triumphs on marine ecosystems that serve as foundation for the supervision and the protection programs for the country's marine possessions. He was born on November 7, 1938.