15 Facts About Onofre Corpuz

Onofre Dizon Corpuz ONS was a Filipino academic, economist, and historian.

Onofre Corpuz served as the Secretary of Education of the Philippines from 1968 to 1971 and was the 13th president of the University of the Philippines System from 1975 to 1979.

Dr Corpuz was later named Minister of Education under the parliamentary system wherein he was member of the now defunct Batasang Pambansa from 1979 to 1983.

Dr Onofre Dizon Corpuz was born on December 1,1926, at Taft Street, Poblacion, Camiling, Tarlac to Remigio Corpuz, a school teacher and Isabel Dizon.

Onofre Corpuz finished his primary and secondary education in his hometown province of Tarlac, Philippines.

Onofre Corpuz joined the Upsilon Sigma Phi fraternity in 1947.

Onofre Corpuz later finished a Master of Public Administration degree in 1955 and a PhD in Political Economy and Government in 1956 from Harvard University.

Dr Onofre Corpuz was appointed Undersecretary of the Department of Education by former President then dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

Onofre Corpuz later ran for a position and won in the Batasang Pambansa, the legislative body of the parliamentary Philippines during the Marcos Sr.

Onofre Corpuz took a break from government service in 1983.

Professor Onofre Corpuz served as president of the now defunct The Manila Chronicle from 1994 to 1996.

Dr Onofre Corpuz conducted research at the United States Library of Congress, the Widener and Houghton Libraries at Harvard University, the New York Public Library, the British Museum Library, and the General Archive of the Indies in Sevilla, Spain.

Onofre Corpuz was a visiting research associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Onofre Corpuz's specializations included economic history, public administration and policy.

Professor Corpuz was married to retired professor and former dean of the College of Home Economics of University of the Philippines Dr Aurora G Corpuz.