page_title: Gabriel Daza
section_title: Reorganization
hierarchical_section_title: Gabriel Daza / Boy Scouts / Reorganization
caption_attribution_description: English: Stamp for National Boy Scout Movement 50th Anniversary, 28 Oct 1987. Features the founders of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines:Joseph Emile H. Stevenot, Manuel R. Camus, Vicente P. Lim, Carlos P. Romulo, Jorge B. Vargas, Arsenio Luz, Gabriel A. Daza
context_page_description: Don Gabriel A. Daza, KR, KC*SS was the first Filipino electrical engineer and one of the charter members of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines. He co-founded the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Co., Philippine Electric Manufacturing Company, Phelps Dodge Philippines. 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 Appointed by President Quirino as a founding member of the Board of Directors of the National Shipyard and Steel Corporation in 1951. President of the National Economic Protection Agency in 1956.
context_section_description: In 1985, President Marcos questioned the BSP Constitution, bylaws and provisions in the BSP charter in Commonwealth Act No. 111. On September 19, 1985, President Marcos issued Letter of Instruction no. 1481, declaring all positions in the BSP vacant. President Marcos appointed Daza as Chairman for a Temporary Executive Committee tasked to reorganize the BSP.
caption: Daza (bottom right) Founders of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines. Stamp for National Boy Scout Movement 50th Anniversary, 28 Oct 1987.
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