Education:
College : Ateneo de Manila University
B.A. Honors Course in the Humanities
Cum Laude, 1962
Post Graduate : Course in History and Comparative Literature
Ateneo de Manila University, 1964-1965
M. Phil., Yale University, 1969
Ph.D., History, Yale University, 1973
Appointments:
- Secretary,
Department of Education, 2002-2004.
- President,
Southeast Asia Ministers of Education Organization, 2003-2004.
- President
of Far Eastern University, 1995–2002.
- Associate
Dean, Asian Institute of Management, and Chairman, AIM Policy
Forum, 1994-1995.
- Associate
Dean, Enterprise Project Research, Asian Institute of Management,
1992-1993.
- Presidential
Adviser on Rural Development, Cabinet of President Corazon C.
Aquino, 1988-1992.
- Deputy
Commissioner, Presidential Office of the Peace Commission, 1987-1992.
- Chair,
Rural Development Management Program, Asian Institute of Management,
1986-1987.
- Faculty,
Rural Development Management Program, Asian Institute of Management,
1980-1986.
- Faculty,
Masters in Business Management Program, Asian Institute of Management,
1973-1980.
Selected Civic and Professional
Engagements
- Board of
Trustee, Ateneo de Manila University (1991-2000)
- Chair,
Board of Trustees, Institute of Environmental Science for Social
Change (2000-2002)
- President,
Philippine Association of College and Universities
- Board
of Trustee, Coordinating Council for Private Educational Association
(1996-2002)
- Board,
National Inter-University Forum on Education (1995-2002)
- Member,
Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (CSCAP-Philippines)
- Editorial
Board, Journal of Southeast Asian Business, University of Michigan
(1996)
- Editorial
Board, Sojourn, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
(2000)
- Member,
Asia Society International Council (2000)
- Member,
Information and E-Commerce Council, Representing Private Sector
(2001-2002)
- Member,
Board of Trustees, National Museum (2001)
Major Publications
“Muddling
Through: Development Under a “Weak” State.” Local
Cultures and the “New Asia”: The State, Culture, and
Capitalism in Southeast Asia. Singapore: Institute of Southeast
Asian Studies, 2002.
“Asian
Growth Challenges Business Associations.” Business Associations:
Building Democracy. Economic Reform Today (No.
2, 1995). Washington, DC: Center for International Private Enterprise.
12-15; 38.
“Southeast
Asian Innovations.” Innovation and Continuing Success
in Management Development. The 1993 Global Management Development
Forum. Barcelona: European Foundation for Management Development,
1993. 15-17.
Beyond
Bureaucracy: Strategic Management of Social Development.
Ed John C Ickis, Edilberto C de Jesus and Rushikesh Maru. West Hartford,
Conn.: Kumarian Press, 1987.
Philippine
Social History: Global Trade and Local Transformations.
Ed Alfred W McCoy and Ed C de Jesus, Manila: Ateneo de Manila University
Press 1982.
Fit
at Fifty: Engineering Equipment, Inc. 1931-1981. Manila: EE, Inc.
1981.
The
Tobacco Monopoly in the Philippines: Bureaucratic Enterprise and
Social Changes, 1766-1880. Manila: Ateneo de Manila University
Press, 1980.
Benguet
Consolidated: 75 Years. Manila: BCI, 1978.
Recent International/Local Conferences
“Southeast Asia Rising: A Region Booming among Asia’s
Economic Giants”, Asia Society’s 15th Asian
Corporate Conference. Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, 8-10
June 2005.
“Microsoft
2nd Regional Advisory Council Meeting”, Cebu Philippines,
25-27 May 2005.
Board Meeting
– “Programme for Cultural Collaboration of the
Spanish Ministry of Culture for Palau & Philippines”,
Palau, 12-14 May 2005.
“International
Conference of the Global Network”, Kennedy School
of Government in Cambridge, USA, 12-14 April 2005.
“3rd
Regional Conference on Managing Corporate Governance in Asia”,
Intercontinental Resort Bali, Indonesia, 7-8 April 2005.
“7th
East Asia and Pacific Ministerial Consultation on Children”
conducted by UNICEF. Apsara Angkor Hotel, Siem Reap, Cambodia,
23-25 March 2005.
40th
SEAMEO Council Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam, 15-17 March
2005.
“Regional
Conference on Water Governance and Poverty” conducted
by SEAMEO Regional Centre for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture
(SEAMEO SEARCA). Edsa Shangri-la Hotel, Manila, Philippines, 9-10
March 2005.
“Roundtable
on School Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Education”,
Oxford, United Kingdom, 24-26 January 2005.
2nd
Round Table Meeting “University Autonomy”,
organized under the ASEAN-EU University Netowrk Programme (AUNP)
and the European Commission. Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona,
Spain, 13-14 January 2005.
“Challenges
of Global Capitalism”. Aspen Institute. Aspen, Colorado,
1-6 August 2004.
Keynote
Address: “Digital and Other Divides in a Developing Country.”
7th International Conference on Philippine Studies.
Leiden, 16 July 2004.
“Roundtable
Forum on Communication and Society”. Negotiating
the Clash for Values: the Role of Communications in Globalization
and Decentralization.” Aspen Institute, Aspen, Colorado, 10-13
August 2004.
“Building
Civil Society with Sustainable Media: Models and Options”.
Convened by The Aspen Institute/Ford Foundation. Bali Hyatt, Bali,
Indonesia, 9-12 September 2002.
“Bridging
Rockwell and Loyola”. Addressed the graduates of
the Ateneo Professional Schools in its Commencement Exercises, 7
July 2002.
“Academic Values, National Dreams and Global Realities
– Need for Promoting Value Based Universal Education System
by World Universities”. XIIIth Triennial Conference
of The International Association of University Presidents. Sydney,
Australia, 24-27 June 2002.
Fifth
Open Conference of Governance Reforms: “Enhancing the Standards
of Ethics and Social Responsibility in Public and Corporate Governance”.
Convened by the Institute of Corporate Directors and the Institute
for Solidarity in Asia, Makati Shangri-la Hotel, 29 May 2002.
3rd
PAPSCU National Conference. Presented a paper on “Present
Initiatives on Information and Computer Technology”. Davao
City, 20 May 2002.
“Implementing
University Partnership Through Productive Communications for Academic
Excellence”. Convened by The Association
of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP), Sahid Raya Hotel,
Kuta Denpasar, Bali, 14-17 May 2002.
International
Conference on ICT on Higher Education for the New Economy.
Convened by The Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific
(AUAP), Siam University, Bangkok, 11-13 March 2002.
Forum
on Civic Spaces in the Cities of the Asian-Pacific. Convened
by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) and National University
of Singapore (NUS), Conference Room, IPS, Singapore, 4-5 March 2002.
Achieving
Sustainable Cities in the Southeast Asian Region, Siam
University, Bangkok, Thailand, 6 November 2001.
International
Conference on Education and Culture. Convened by the University
of Asia and the Pacific, Rogge Room, UST Graduate School Building,
11-13 October 2001.
Conference
on Urbanism VS Urbanization in Asia. Sponsored by Luis
A. Yulo Foundation for Sustainable Development Corporation, SGV
Hall, AIM Corporate Center, 12 September 2001.
International
Conference on Interrogating Reconciliation. Sponsored by
Wisconsin-Madison’s Legacies of Authoritarianism Project with
Ateneo de Manila University, GZO Peace Institute, Instituto de Desarrollo
Economico y Social of Argentina and Robben Island Museum of South
Africa, Escaler Hall, Ateneo de Manila University, 18 August 2001.
Association
of Universities of Asia and the Pacific-Council of European Rectors:
Eurasian Dialogue. International Conference Center, Siam
University, Bangkok, Thailand, 29 July – 2 August 2001.
Second
Regional Seminar on Private Higher Education: Its Role in Human
Resources Development in a Globalized Knowledge Society
(SEAMEO-RIHED Conference). Official private sector representative.
Convened by United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
(UNESCO PROAP) and Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization-Regional
Institute of Higher Education and Development (SEAMEO-RIHED), Bangkok,
Thailand, 19-22 June 2001.
New
Partnerships for the 21st Century: Latin America and the Carribean
and Asia. Convened by the Inter-American Development Bank
(IADB), Santiago, Chile, 17 March 2001.
Sustaining
Civil Society and Media Pluralism in Transition Societies.
An International Roundtable on Journalism and Freedom of Expression.
Convened by The Aspen Institute and Ford Foundation, Santiago, Chile,
13-16 March 2001.
Special Proejcts
Focus
on the Philippines, 1995-1997. A public education program
co-sponsored by the Asia Society in New York and the AIM Policy
Forum to inform the American public about developments in the Philippines,
FOP involved a series of policy dialogues in Washington, D.C., public
conferences in selected cities in the United States and roundtable
discussions with representatives of the Fil-American community in
these cities.
Management
Innovation Programme, 1992-1994. Organized by INTERMAN
(International Management Development Network) with funding support
from the ILO and CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency),
the project involved the identification and documentation of innovations
in management and management development in Latin America, Africa,
South Asia and the Southeast Asia. The results of the project were
presented at the Global Management Development Forum in Barcelona,
Spain, and discussed at a workshop in Durham University, England
in 1993.
ASEAN-Vietnam
Study Group, 1990-1992. With funding support from CIDA,
the project explored initiatives to promote better relations between
Vietnam and the countries of ASEAN. Under the project’s auspices,
conference were organized in Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Manila.
The Vietnamese team was led by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Kanh
and the ASEAN team by Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Member,
Philippine Delegation to the United Nation’s Conference on
Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1992. |
