Francisco Santos

Biography Born in Calumpit, Bulacan on June 3, 1892, he obtained his medical bachelor's degree in 1912 and his master's degree in 1919 from the University of the Philippines Manila. He obtained his doctorate from Yale University in 1928. Santos became an instructor at University of the Philippines Los Baños. There, he became dean from 1945 to 1955.

He died on February 19, 1983 in Los Baños, Laguna.

Santos also advocated for subsistence farming or home gardening. He believed that this can be a financially-viable option than buying supermarket produce.

Awards In 1955, he received the Distinguished Service Medal due to his contribution in Philippine nutrition. In 1958, he received the Andres Soriano Award in chemistry. He was also named as an Academician by the National Academy of Science and Technology in 1980. He was posthumously awarded as a National Scientist of the Philippines shortly after his death in 1983.