Arturo Pineda Alcaraz was a Filipino volcanologist known for his work on geothermal energy.
12 Facts About Arturo Alcaraz
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Arturo Alcaraz received the 1982 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service.
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Arturo Pineda Alcaraz was born on March 21,1916, to Conrado Alcaraz and Paz Pineda in Manila.
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Arturo Alcaraz completed his elementary school education in Lucena, Quezon and had his high school education in Camarines Norte and Baguio.
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However, a year later the Mapua Institute of Technology offered a degree in mining engineering where Alcaraz transferred to and received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1937.
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On his way back to the Philippines, Arturo Alcaraz boarded a Japanese ship in San Francisco.
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In 1948, Arturo Alcaraz received a grant from the United States Government under the postwar Rehabilitation Act to study microseismology at the Opa-locka Naval Air Station in Florida.
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Arturo Alcaraz was awarded a Colombo Plan Fellowship and took a three-month training course on geothermal energy at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan.
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Arturo Alcaraz had met Lachica on the ship from San Francisco.
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In 1947, Arturo Alcaraz studied the eruption of the Mayon Volcano.
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Arturo Alcaraz met with municipal officials and discussed contingency plans for the local population.
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Arturo Alcaraz was appointed Chief Volcanologist, a post which he held until 1974.