Washington SyCip's name was derived from the fact that his father was in Washington, DC at the time of his birth.
16 Facts About Washington SyCip
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Washington SyCip spent his early years living in Shanghai before attending Padre Burgos Elementary School and Victorino Mapa High School.
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Washington SyCip taught in UST while pursuing a master's degree.
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Washington SyCip passed the board examinations for Certified Public Accountants at age 18.
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Washington SyCip completed all academic requirements for the degree except for his dissertation due to the outbreak of World War II.
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Washington SyCip joined Camp Cooke but was told to be "overqualified" for the infantry for having the highest IQ level in his regiment.
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Washington SyCip studied Japanese in a language school in Colorado and cryptography in Virginia.
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Washington SyCip was then deployed to Calcutta, British India as a codebreaker.
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Washington SyCip initially taught accounting at the University of Santo Tomas and two other colleges.
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Washington SyCip decided against joining one of the British accounting firms returning to the country following the war reasoning that only a white person could become a business partner in such firms.
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Washington SyCip earned a Master of Science in Commerce from Columbia Business School.
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Washington SyCip retired as chairman of SGV in 1996 but remained involved with the firm until his death.
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Washington SyCip was the first chairman of the Euro-Asia Center of INSEAD, a leading graduate business school, in Fontainebleau, France.
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Washington SyCip was a founding governor of the Wharton School's Lauder Institute.
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Washington SyCip died on October 7,2017 aboard Philippine Airlines Flight 126, which took off from Manila bound for Vancouver with continuing service to New York City.
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Washington SyCip was with his son, George SyCip, and an assistant, Roberto Cabilles.