Gabriel Daza
Don Gabriel Amando Daza,
KGCR,
KC*SS (February 6, 1896 – May 18, 1994) was the first Filipino
electrical engineer and one of the charter members of the
Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP). He co-founded the
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT),
Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Co. (PT&T), Philippine Electric Manufacturing Company (PEMCO),
Phelps Dodge Philippines. He was the supervising engineer and assistant general manager of
Visayan Electric Company (VECO) and led its expansion out of
Cebu City. President and chief scout of the BSP in 1961–68. In 1945, President
Osmeña appointed Daza to be a member of the board of directors of the
Manila Railroad Company and the
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office. In 1950, he was vice-chairman of the
National Power Corporation and on the board of directors of the
Manila Hotel Company. In 1951, Daza was appointed by
President Quirino as a founding member of the board of directors of the
National Shipyard and Steel Corporation. President and director of the
National Economic Protection Agency (NEPA) in 1956.
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