UP CLOSE: DR. JOSE A. MAGPANTAY WRITTEN BY IVY RESIDE 1989-90 VOL 2 NO 2
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Jose Magpantay is one of the most respected professors who worked at the National Institute of Physics. He was serious in his lectures, often exclaiming “Walang misteryoso diyan!” while pointing at an equation on the board. But Dr. Magpantay was also serious in pointing out the need to fund scientific research, emphasizing that we will not become an industrialized country through a miracle. Indeed, in order to become a fully, nationally industrialized country, we must (1) pursue an independent foreign policy, (2) protect and promote our industries which work for our needs, (3) implement genuine agrarian reform, (4) and of course, support our scientists and engineers, and fund scientific research and education. Dr. Magpantay has retired from research just last year, but the fight for national industrialization and an advanced Philippine science and technology will never be retired until we break the shackles that chain our researchers. Walang misteryoso diyan!
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