DR. JUAN SALCEDO. JR.
Biochemist and nutritionist. His lifelong work in nutrition began with the post-war Bataan Experiment, which proved that rice enrichment with thiamine, iron and other nutrients could prevent and eradicate beriberi a leading cause of death in the Philippines at that time. The Bataan Experiment was instrumental in ensuring the passage of the Rice Enrichment Law, updated almost 50 years later as the Food Fortification of of 2000.
He was Secretary of Health under Elpidio Quirino (1950-1953). He served as chairman of the National Science Development Board (NSDB), now known as the Dept of Science and Technology (DOST) under two presidents: Diosdado Macapagal (1962-1965) and Ferdinand E. Marcos (1966-1970).
Among his notable awards are the most prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award (1955 and 1957), the Republic Cultural Heritage in Science (1966), the Presidential Pro Patria Award (1969) and received the title of National Scientist (1978).
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He was Secretary of Health under Elpidio Quirino (1950-1953). He served as chairman of the National Science Development Board (NSDB), now known as the Dept of Science and Technology (DOST) under two presidents: Diosdado Macapagal (1962-1965) and Ferdinand E. Marcos (1966-1970).
Among his notable awards are the most prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award (1955 and 1957), the Republic Cultural Heritage in Science (1966), the Presidential Pro Patria Award (1969) and received the title of National Scientist (1978).
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