WHEREAS, 1984 marks the centenary of the birth of the late Teodoro M. Kalaw, lawyer, journalist, author, scholar, historian and statesman;

WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper to commemorate the occasion with appropriate activities and/or ceremonies; and

WHEREAS, to insure the successful celebration of this event, there is need to create a committee to take charge of the planning and execution of the commemorative activities;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby constitute and create a committee to formulate plans and devise ways and means for the successful execution of appropriate activities and/or ceremonies for the commemoration of the 1984 Teodoro M. Kalaw Centennial Year. The committee shall be composed of the following:

Dr. Serafin D. Quiason

Chairman

Dr. Teodoro A. Agoncillo

Member

Mr. Carlos Quirino

Member

Mr. Esteban A. de Ocampo

Member

Dr. Gloria Feliciano

Member

Mr. Mariano Querol

Member

Dr. Vedasto G. Suarez

Secretary

The Chairman is hereby empowered to request any agency of the Government to assist in the discharge of the Committee ™s functions and duties and to designate such personnel as he may require for the purpose.

Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of December in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-two.


By the President:

(SGD.) MANUEL M. LAZARO
Presidential Assistant for Legal Affairs