Paulino Garcia

DR. PAULINO J. GARCIA
1958-1963

Born on February 6, 1907 in Gapan, Nueva Ecija, Dr. Paulino Garcia became the Chairman of the National Science Development Board form the time it was created in 1958 until 1963. He worked with friends in Congress to get the board tax exemption on imported science equipment and supplies.

Dr. Garcia vigorously pursued infrastructure development projects, such as the construction of the Atomic Research Center building, and sponsored the Cadang-cadang Research Foundation to save the coconut industry, the country’s most valuable export earner at the time. He worked for the passage of Republic Act 3661, which created the Philippine Science High School as an attached agency of National Science Development Board (NSDB).

Source: https://www.dost.gov.ph/transparency/about-dost/the-secretary.html#... Date accessed: June 8, 2022.

DR. PAULINO GARCIA
He was the only Secretary, thus far, who had two terms of office. He was Chief Radiologist of the X-ray Center of the University of Santo Tomas before his first term as Health Secretary in 1954. His term continued with the passage of the Rural Health Act of 1954 that institutionalized the RHU system, which was demonstrated so successfully during Salcedo Administration. Various projects assisted by US agencies, the WHO and UNICEF continued during his term. The Reorganization Act of 1953, which was implemented only in 1958, resulted in massive decentralization through the creation of regional, provincial and municipal health officers.

He was the Chairman of the National Science Development Board before he was reappointed Secretary of Health in 1965 after 3 quick changes of Secretaries. His second term coincide with the acceleration of immunizations against cholera, smallpox and diphtheria. Smallpox was considered eliminated in the Philippines at about same time.

Term:
1st Term: June 1954 - June 1958 | 2nd Term: December 1965 - August 1968

Source: https://doh.gov.ph/node/1654 Date accessed: June 8, 2022.