Bienvenido Nebres Biography, Contribution

Bienvenido Nebres S. J. is a Filipino priest, mathematician and scientist.

Personal Information
Full Name : Bienvenido F. Nebres
Birth Date : March 15, 1940
Birthplace : Baguio City, Philippines
Hometown : Bacnotan, La Union, Philippines

Education
College : Berchmans College in Cebu (1962)
Course : Philosophy
Master : Philosophy from Berchmans College; Mathematics from Stanford University
Doctorate : Mathematics from Stanford University (1970)
Theology : Ateneo De Manila University (1973)

Career Highlights
2007 – Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Education under the Office of the President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
1998-2012 – Member, Board of Directors of the Philippine Long Distance Company (PLDT)
1993–2011 – President, Ateneo De Manila University
1990-1993 – President, Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan in Mindanao
1992-1998 – Chairman, Project Advisory Group for a World Bank- and OECF-financed Engineering and Science Education Project of the Philippine Department of Science and Technology
1973-1980 – Dean, School of Arts and Sciences of the Ateneo de Manila University
1977 – President of the Southeast Asian Mathematical Society (SEAMS)
1972 – Founding President, Mathematical Society of the Philippines

Contribution to Science
* Conducted research in Mathematical Logic Analysis, graph theory and combinatronics

Awards
2011 – National Scientist of the Philippines
1992 – Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines
1981 – Ordre des Palmes Académiques from the French Republic

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See also: List of Famous Filipino Authors and Their Books

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