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

“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.

Special Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization-Regional Institute of Higher Education and Development (SEAMEO-RIHED) Governing Board Meeting. 8-10 April 2001, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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.

ASEAN People’s Assembly. Convened by the ASEAN Institutes of Strategic and International Studies, Purajaya Resort, Batam, 24-26 November 2000.

Managing MegaCities: 21st Century Challenges and Opportunities. Convened by the Center for Studies on the Urban Environment, Far Eastern University, Manila Hotel, 2-4 November 2000.

A Roundtable Discussion on “United States” and China’s Security Interests in East Asia: Prospects for Conflict and Cooperation”, The Philippine-China Development Resource Center, 23 June 2000, Function Room I, 2F Bahay ng Alumni, UP Diliman, Q.C.

Freedom of Information for Effective Governance. Convened by the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, Manila, with the assistance of the Institute for Social and Economic Research, Education and Information (LP3ES), Jakarta, and the support of the Center for International Private Enterprise, Washington, DC Hotel Senayan, Jakarta, 24-29 April 2000.

Memory, Truth-Telling and the Pursuit of Justice. A Conference on the Legacies of the Marcos Dictatorship. Convened by the Ateneo de Manila University and the University of Wisconsin (Madison), Escaler Hall, Science Education Complex, 20-22 September 1999.

Workshop on Education: Experiences from Japan, Asia and Latin America. Convened by the Inter-American Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank, with support from the Ministry of Finance of Japan, Okinawa, Japan, 23-26 June 1999.

Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Workshop on Embedding Capitalism in New Asia Contexts: Authority Structure and Local Cultures and Identities in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand), Convened by the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 22-23 March 1999.

International Symposium of Interaction for Progress: Myanmar in ASEAN. Convened by the Office of Strategic Studies, Ministry of Defense, Myanmar, and the Information and Resource Center, Singapore with the support of Sasakawa Peace Foundation). Yangon, Singapore, 23-24 October 1998.

Asia Pacific Roundtable Dialogue. Convened by the Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 31 May - 4 June 1998.

Williamsburg Conference, sponsored by the Asia Society in partnership with Asia 2000 Foundation, Queenstown, New Zealand, 20-22 March 1998.

JAPAN-ASEAN Intellectual Exchange Open Symposium: Japan and ASEAN Toward a New Dimension of Cooperation. Convened by the Institute for Strategic and Development Studies (ISDS), Inc. Manila Diamond Hotel, 4-5 March 1998.

Access to Economic Information, Convened by the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, Manila, with the support of the Center for International Private Enterprise, Washington D.C. AIM Center for Continuing Executive Education (ACCEED), Makati, 12-14 October 1997.

Southeast Asia in the Greater Asia-Pacific Community, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 25-27 April 1997.

Forum on Modernizing the State and Civil Society: The Role of Civil Society in Southeast Asia, Japan, and Latin America, sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank, with the support of the Ministry of Finance of Japan, Meitetsu Inuyama Hotel, Inuyama Nagoya, Japan, 28-30 November 1996.

Fourth Academic Conference of AMDISA (Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia), Sri Lanka Institute for Development Administration (SLIDA), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 24-26 April 1996.

Jose Rizal and the Asian Renaissance. Convened under the distinguished patronage of Prime Minister Mohammad Mahathir of Malaysia and President Fidel V. Ramos of the Philippines, Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1-4 October 1995.

Institutional Role of Business in Economic Development and the Political Process, Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) Conference on the Sofitel Cambodiana Hotel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 21-22 September 1995.

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.