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Jose velasco biography

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José Miguel de Velasco

4th President of Bolivia (1795–1859)

For the Bolivian province, see José Miguel de Velasco Province.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Velasco and the second or maternal family name is Franco.

José Miguel de Velasco Franco (Spanish pronunciation:[xoˈsemiˈɣeldeβeˈlaskoˈfɾaŋko]ⓘ; 29 September 1795 – 13 October 1859) was a Bolivian military officer and statesman who served as the fourth president of Bolivia on four occasions: 1828, 1829, 1839–1841, and 1848. Velasco also served as the second vice president from 1829 to 1835 under Andrés de Santa Cruz, though the first two of his terms were as vice president-designate, pending Santa Cruz's arrival to the country.

Velasco was involved throughout his life in early Bolivian politics and was the protagonist of two of the moments of greatest instability in the country. A key figure in the continuity of the presidential system in which he played the role of acting president twice, he participated in several uprisings and counted figures such as José Ballivián and M

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Dr. Velasco’s pioneering and promising works in various areas of plant physiology such as mineral nutrition, photoperiodism, chemical weed control and plant growth in general, have provided the basis of some important crop production management practices as well as laid out research directions. He is known for his research on cadang-cadang disease of coconuts.

Birthdate: 4 February 1916
Died: 24 January 2007

Educational Background:

Educational Background:

  • Ph. D. Plant Physiology - University of California 1949
  • B.S. Agricultural Chemistry - University of the Philippines Los Baños 1940

Honors and Awards Received:

Honors and Awards Received:

  • 1963-Guggenheim Foundation fellowship
  • 1967-University of the Philippines Alumni Award
  • 1971-UPCA Distinguished Alumnus Award
  • 1974-Planters Products Achievement award for crop science teaching
  • 1974-PCCP Distinguished award in pest management
  • 1983-Academician-National Academy of Science and Technology
  • 1991-Outstanding Alumnus
  • 1996-Outstanding Imuseño
  • 1998-Proclaimed as National Scientist - President of the Republic of the
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    Jose R. Velasco

    Jose R. Velasco (February 4, 1916 – January 24, 2007) was a Filipino plant physiologist and agricultural chemist noted for his research on soil and plant nutrition and on coconut diseases. In 1998, he was recognized as a National Scientist of the Philippines.

    Early life and education

    Velasco was born in Imus, Cavite. After nearly flunking out of a vocational high school, he transferred to an agricultural high school (now the Central Luzon State University Science High School), where he graduated salutatorian.[1] Velasco enrolled in what was then the University of the Philippines College of Agriculture (now the University of the Philippines Los Baños) in Laguna province. He graduated at the top of his class in 1940 with a degree in agriculture, major in Agricultural Chemistry.[2][3] Upon graduation, Velasco joined the faculty of the University of the Philippines and remained there for the duration of World War II, during which he endured a brief period of incarceration by the Japanese army.[4] After the war, Ve

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