Carlos P.

Romulo
Who is Carlos P. Romulo?
• Carlos Peña Romulo was born in Tayabas City on
January 14, 1899. He studied at the Camiling Central
Elementary School during his basic education.Also a
Filipino diplomat, statesman, soldier, journalist and author.
He was a reporter at the age of 16, a newspaper editor by
20, and a publisher at 32. He was a co-founder of the Boy
Scouts of the Philippines, a general in the US Army and
the Philippine Army, university president, and president of
the United Nations General Assembly.
Romulo Autobiography:
• “I Walked with Heroes”
In I Walked with Heroes, Romulo personally reviewed his
boyhood, early life, school days, and career in which he
presented the facts and events with "frankness, intimacy,
sense of person-to-person communication”.

Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ3hIM4OWVs
Achievements:
• Romulo is perhaps among the most decorated Filipinos in
history. He has been awarded 72 honorary degrees from
different international institutions and universities and 144
awards and decorations from foreign countries:
• Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 1952 "For his contribution in international cooperation, in
particular on questions on undeveloped areas, and as president for UN's 4th General
Assembly"[20]
• Boy Scouts of America Silver Buffalo Award
• Presidential Unit Citation with Two Oak Leaf Clusters
• Pulitzer Prize in Correspondence, 1942
• World Government News First Annual Gold Nadal Award (for work in the United Nations for
peace and world government), March 1947
• Princeton University – Woodrow Wilson Memorial Foundation Gold Medal award ("in
recognition of his contribution to public life"), May 1947
International Benjamin Franklin Society's Gold Medal (for "distinguished world
statesmanship in 1947"), January 1948
• Freeman of the City of Plymouth, England, October 1948
• United Nations Peace Medal
• World Peace Award
Literature works:
• I Saw the Fall of the Philippines.
• My Brother Americans
• I See The Philippines Rise
• I am a Filipino
• The United
• Crusade in Asia (The John Day Company, 1955; about the 1953 presidential election
campaign of Ramón Magsaysay)
• The Meaning of Bandung
• The Magsaysay Story (with Marvin M. Gray, The John Day Company 1956, updated re-
edition by Pocket Books, Special Student Edition, SP-18, December 1957; biography of
Ramón Magsaysay, Pocket Books edition updated with an additional chapter on
Magsaysay's death)
• I Walked with Heroes (autobiography)
• Last Man off Bataan (Romulo's experience during the Japanese Plane bombings.)
• Romulo: A Third World Soldier at the UN
• Daughters for Sale and Other Plays
‘I am Filipino’
• https://www.studocu.com/ph/u/17589175?
sid=01697876055
Summary:
• Carlos P. Romulo's life was characterized by his deep
commitment to public service, diplomacy, and the pursuit
of democratic ideals. He left an indelible mark on
Philippine history and the international community,
earning a reputation as one of the most distinguished and
influential diplomats of his time.
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