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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Philippine IslandsCamilo OSIAS
(1889-1976)
OSIAS, Camilo, a Resident
Commissioner from the Philippine Islands; born in Balaoan, La
Union, Philippine Islands, March 23, 1889; attended school in
Balaoan, Vigan, San Fernando, and was appointed government student
to the United States in 1905; was graduated from the Western
Illinois State Teachers College at Macomb in 1908; attended the
University of Chicago, in 1906 and 1907; was graduated from
Columbia University in New York City, and from the Teachers College
of New York City in 1910; returned to the Philippine Islands and
taught school; first Filipino superintendent of schools in 1915 and
1916; assistant director of education 1917-1921; member of the
first Philippine mission to the United States in 1919 and 1920;
lecturer at the University of the Philippines 1919-1921; president
of the National University 1921-1936; elected a member of the
Philippine Senate in 1925; elected as a Nationalist a Resident
Commissioner to the United States in 1928; reelected in 1931 and
served from March 4, 1929, until January 3, 1935, when his term
expired in accordance with the new Philippine Commonwealth
Government; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Philippine
Senate in 1934; member of the Constitutional Convention in 1934;
member of the first National Assembly in 1935; member of the
Economic Mission to the United States in 1939; chairman of
Educational Mission 1938-1941; chairman of National Council of
Education in 1941; director of publicity and propaganda until
January 1942; chairman of National Cooperative Administration in
1941; subsequently assistant commissioner of the Department of
Education, Health, and Public Welfare, then Minister of Education
of the Republic of the Philippines until 1945; chancellor of Osias
Colleges; elected to the Philippine Senate in 1947 for the term
expiring in 1953; served as minority and majority floor leader and
then elected president of the Philippine Senate; Philippine
representative to the Interparliamentary Union in Rome and to the
International Trade Conference in Genoa in 1948; unsuccessful
candidate for the Nationalist Party nomination for President of the
Philippines in 1953; elected as a Liberal Party member of the
Philippine Senate, 1961-1967, and served as president pro tempore;
was a resident of Mandaluyong, Rizal, Philippines, until his death
in Manila on May 20, 1976.
Bibliography
Bananal, Eduardo. Camilo Osias: Educator and Statesman.
Quezon City, P.I.: Manlapaz Publishing Co., 1974; Osias, Camilo.
The Story of a Long Career of Varied Tasks. Quezon City,
P.I.: Manlapaz Publishing Co., 1971.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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