Andrew Gonzales was born on February 29, 1940. He was acknowledgment because of his outstanding deeds and achievement in the area of linguistics: his research on language acquisition of Filipino and of English by Filipino children and his study on language and intellectuality of Filipino as a language of intellectual discourse.

Dr. Carmen Li. Intengan, born on April 7, 1915, served as the director of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute from 1974-1980. She has contributed to the promotion of nutrition in the country as a researcher and science administrator.

Emil Javier is a famous scientist with his capacity to envision and put into action practical approaches to the troubles that tropical agriculture face in a developing country. He is alert of the small farmer's inadequate income; he has always directed his studies toward develop useful methods of better crop production, using inexpensive, indigenous inputs. Based on his research of introducing legume into local Imperatapastures with minimum or no tillage. In 1972, a national pasture expansion program was launched, premised on the minimum or no tillage firm of adapted legumes on native pastures with appliance of phosphorus.

Dr. Juliano studies concern properties of starch and protein and other grain superiority of rice. For example, he showed that any lose content of starch is the key determinant of eating quality of milled rice in Asia and extremely negatively connected with stickiness of cooked rice.