Jorge B. Vargas (1890–1980)

Location: Bago City Community Center, Bago, Negros Occidental
Category: Personages
Type: Biographical marker
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker Date: August 24, 1987
Installed By: National Historical Institute (NHI)

JORGE B. VARGAS
(1890–1980)

IPINANGANAK SA BAGO, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, AGOSTO 24, 1890. NAGKAMIT NG A.B., 1913, AT LLB., 1914, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES. ISA SA MGA NAGTATAG NG BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES AT NAGING UNANG PANGALAWANG PANGULO, NANUNUNUNGKULANG PANGULO AT PANGULO NITO, 1936–1960, PANGALAWANG KALIHIM, KAGAWARAN NG PAGSASAKA AT LIKAS NA KAYAMANAN, 1928; KALIHIM NG PANGULONG MANUEL L. QUEZON, 1935; PUNONG-BAYAN, KALAKHANG MAYNILA, 1941; TAGAPANGULO, KOMISYONG TAGAPAGPAGANAP NG PILIPINAS, 1942; AT EMBAHADOR SA JAPAN, 1943. PANGULO, INGKORPORADOR AT PANDANGAL NA PANGALAWANG PANGULO, PHILIPPINE AMATEUR ATHLETIC FEDERATION AT KAGAWAD, INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE. TUMANGGAP NG MGA GAWAD NG SCOUT: BRONZE WOLF, BOY SCOUTS INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE: SILVER FOX, CANDA; SILVER WOLF, GREAT BRITAIN; AT WHITE EAGLE, JAPAN. NAMATAY, PEBRERO 22, 1980.

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