Dr. Conrado Dayrit, a medical practitioner, researcher, instructor in clinical pharmacology and cardiology were born on May 31, 1919. Dr. Dayrit has authored/co-authored more than 70 scientific articles published here and overseas. He also edited and chaired the First and Second Edition of Drug Index, 1965, 1967, and the First Edition of the Philippine Formulate, 1978.

Ernesto Domingo acknowledged of his outstanding achievements in the research of the nature of schitosome granulocytic and its function in hepatosplenic disease; the epidemiology and control of Hepatitis B in the Philippines; and the clinical behavior and care of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Filipinos or Pathophysiology.

Dr. Salcedo Eduardo was renowned because of his excellent researches on parasites of livestocks populace with stress on the basic aspects of Helminthology. His workings extensively contributed in the undertaking of sound control procedures in preservation, public health and agriculture administration.

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.