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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

 B.S.A. (Entomology), University of the Philippines, 1947

 M.S. (Economic Entomology), University of Wisconsin, 1950

 Ph.D. (Systematic Entomology), University of Wisconsin, 1957


Born: November 1, 1927
Year conferred as National Scientist: 2001
Dr. Baltazar has consistently maintained outstandingly high standards of achievement throughout
her academic life. Her numerous publications on Philippine insects especially on Philippine
Hymenoptera are very significant to science for they lay the groundwork for future biological control
in the Philippines. Her book Philippine Insects is the first authoritative text on Philippine insects.
Other important contributions of Dr. Baltazar to science are the discoveries of eight and one
subgenus of Hymenoptera.
For these achievement, Dr. Baltazar is well recognized here and abroad. In 1980, she received the
Rizal Patria Award in entomology.
College of Agriculture University of the Philippines Los Baños

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