Reseña del libro "Memories of the Great and the Famous (en Inglés)"
Preface I was born in Manila on April 10, 1924. That makes me 93 years of age today in 2017, old enough to meet and talk to every President that has ever been elected to lead our country. There were 16 of them all in all, Emilio Aguinaldo of the First Republic; Jose P. Laurel of the Japanese Puppet Republic; Manuel L. Quezon and Sergio Osmeña, of the Philippine Commonwealth; and 12 from the Second Republic: Manuel A. Roxas, Elpidio Quirino, Ramon Magsaysay, Carlos P. Garcia, Diosdado Macapagal, Ferdinand Marcos, Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, Fidel V. Ramos, Erap Estrada, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Benigno Aquino III, and Rodrigo A. Duterte. Count them, an even dozen. My greatest adventure was of the mind, when I was ten years old and in Grade Three. I participated in an IQ test taken by the Secretary of Public Instruction and all teachers and school supervisors and students in the Philippines. And was told by Secretary Joseph Hayden himself that I was the brightest in the land, with an IQ of 170, like that of Albert Einstein. My grandfather Don Daniel Maramba who became a Senator, was so proud of me he volunteered to buy all the books I wanted. The first I bought was a 20-volume set of the Book of Knowledge, which I read in 20 days and got myself a college education at the age of ten. From the age of 10 to 80, I read one book every day, a total of 25,500 books a day till I was 80 years old, lived the lives and imbibed the thoughts of the greatest minds of the 20th century. After World War II, I enrolled as a student in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the best engineering (CONT. INSIDE) TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Preface 01 World Figures 1. Albert Einstein 02 2. Robert Oppenheimer 02 3. Dwight D. Eisenhower 03 4. Sukarno 04 5. Tunku Abdul Rahman 05 6. Lee Kwan Yew 06 7. Syngman Rhee 07 8. Fujiyama Aichiro 08 9. Fung Ping Fan 08 10. Muhammad Ali 09 11. William Cameron Forbes 10 12. Helen Keller 11 13. Margaret Mead 12 Technological Giants 14. Edwin Land 13 15. Peter Carl Goldmark 14 16. Harold Edgerton 15 17. Lillian Gilbreth 16 Performance Artists 18. Nelson Eddy 17 19. Ingrid Bergman 18 20. Frank Sinatra 19 Philippine Presidents 21. President Emilio Aguinaldo 20 22. President Manuel L. Quezon 21 23. President Sergio Osmena 22 24. President Jose P. Laurel 23 25. President Manuel A. Roxas 24 26. President Elpidio Quirino 25 27. President Ramon Magsaysay 26 28. President Carlos P. Garcia 27 29. President Diosdado Macapagal 28 30. President Ferdinand E. Marcos 29 31. President Corazon C . Aquino 30 32. President Fidel V. Ramos 31 33. President Erap Estrada 32 34. Pres.Gloria Macapagal Arroyo 33 35. President Benigno Aquino III 34 36. President Rodrigo A. Duterte 35 Philippine Leaders 37. Imelda Romualdez Marcos 36 38. Senator Claro M. Recto 37 39. Senator Ninoy Aquino 38 40. Senator Raul Manglapus 39 41. Senator Lorenzo Tañada 40 42. Andres Soriano 41 43. Gonzalo Puyat 42 44. Prime Minister Cesar Virata 43 45. Amb.Kokoy Romualdez 43 46. Jose Concepcion 45 47. Raul Concepcion 45 48. Roberto Ongpin 47 49. Jaime Ongpin 47 50. Danding Cojuanco 48 51. Joaquin Bernas SJ 49 52. Bernie Villegas, Opus Dei 49 53. Hilarion G. Henares 51 54. Daniel Maramba 52 55. Alejandro Roces 53 56. Teodoro Benigno 54 57. Teodoro Locsin Jr. 55 58. Carlos Quirino 56 59. Alejandro Lichauco 57 60. Jejomar Binay 58 61. Johnny Litton 59 62. Jaime Cardinal Sin 60 63. Carlos P. Romulo 61 64. Washington Sycip 62 Beautiful Women 65. Susan Magalona 63 66. Tina Gamboa 64 67. Guia Balmori 65 68. Thalia Sodi 66 69. Cecilia Lichauco Henares 67 70. Elvira Manahan 68 71. Kris Aquino 69 72. Vilma Santos 70 73. Lea Salonga 72 Family 74. Atom Henares 73 75. Vicki Belo 73 76. Elvira L. Henares Esguerra 74 77. Kim Jacinto Henares 75 78. Scarlet Snow Belo 76 About the Author, End of Book 81
