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A tribute to popular, forgotten heroes , achievers, people who makes a difference Masinloquenos of yesterday, today and tomorrow.
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JACINTO E. ESMELE
Jacinto E. Esmele, the youngest of eight children,was born August 16, 1896. His father was a poor rice farmer in a tiny barrio in Masinloc, Zambales, Philippines, and the family sacrificed to send the boy to school. Joining the Navy, he arrived in the United States in 1916. After his discharge he returned to school, graduating from Louisiana
State University in 1924 with a B.S. in sugar engineering.
He received his M.S. the following year. He founded the Dixie Chemical Company, Inc., and the Gulf Trapping Company in 1930. He took part in many activities benefiting the Filipino community. In 1948 he was a prime force in establishing the Philippine Consulate in New Orleans and in securing passage of the Rogers Bill (HR 4073), which provided benefits to Filipino war veterans. In 1964 he became president of the Agri-Chemical Corporation. He retired in 1973.
Excerpts from Fred Cordova's "Filipinos, Forgotten Asian Americans: A Pictorial Essay",1763c. 1963, Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co.,1983. TERESA ELACIO EJANDA Daughter of Belma Elayba Elacio and Arturo Edquiban Ejanda.Teresa was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.She tooked her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology with Specialization in American Multicultural Studies and had earned her Masteral Degree at the University of California in Los Angeles(UCLA). Teresa is now based in Los Angeles, CA working as a professor in a Community College and active volunteer in socio-civic and Asian American Related Organizations and events in California. She was the recipient of the 2001 Filipino American Service Group, Inc. President's Award (FASGI -is a community based nonprofit social service agency incorporated in 1981).
Enrique de la Cruz presents
President's Award to
Teresa Elacio Ejanda
FilVote Volunteer
RODERICK SASIS Grandson of Gregorio Ejanda, a Filipino War Veteran and Native of Masinloc, Zambales. Roderick Sasis is an Asian American Studies student at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) actively supporting the rights of the Filipino American WW II Veterans. . |
