Melchor T. Villanueva Biography

Question 1

Dr. Melchor T. Villanueva (Lolo Mel) was born on

Answer 1

January 6, 1907 in Malabon, Rizal

Question 2

His parents are

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Maria Isabel Trinidad and Leon Dela Cruz Villanueva.

Question 3

Maria was a widow with three children namely:

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Maximo, Felix, and Anastasya

Question 4

Leon the founder’s father is an only child

Answer 4

True

Question 5

What was Leon’s work

Answer 5

bodigero-cargador in a pharmacy

Question 6

Lolo Mel’s interest in music started when his godfather gave him an

Answer 6

inexpensive violin.

Question 7

When did Villanueva’s house burnt to the ground and this greatly affected their living.

Answer 7

1913

Question 8

After their house burnt down the Parent’s of Melchor moved to

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Leon’s barrio in Niyugan, Malabon

Question 9

Lolo Mel graduated elementary at Malabon Elementary School in

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1920

Question 10

He spent his first-year high school in

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Pasig High School.

Question 11

He pursed high school in

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Philippine Normal School

Question 12

While he’s in High school Lolo Mel worked as

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barber in downtown Manila and as a farmhand in Malabon during weekends.

Question 13

When did his mother die

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During his second year in HS

Question 14

When did he graduated at philippine normal school

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1926 he was 19 yrs old

Question 15

His first teaching job was at

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Pasay Pilot School (1926)

Question 16

He worked as a magazine agent and writer of the Philippine Education Magazine. T or F

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Where did he attended college

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University of the Philippines until he finished his master’s degree in 1937.

Question 18

Where did he pursue hud doctorate degree as a scholar

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University of Iowa and the Missouri State University

Question 19

Where did he continue his post doctorate degree

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UP where he earned the Degree of Doctor of Education.

Question 20

He served in the army as a ______ under

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lieutenant in the guerrilla movement. Under Col. Agustin Marking’s

Question 21

In the army he was presented what kind of award

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Presidential Gold Medal Award for his courage and heroism.

Question 22

He was a conductor of the Philippine Normal College Orchestra. T or F

Answer 22

TRUE

Question 23

he was a boxer and weightlifter, lifting well into his nineties

Answer 23

True

Question 24

He died on

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June 13, 2000 at the age of 93 due to colon cancer,