Author: Florencio P. Fresnoza
Bio: So lovingly remembered...

Florencio P. Fresnoza, Ph. D.
(November 7, 1905 - March 22, 1996)

Born amidst the rustic surroundings of his hometown, Gubat, Sorsogon, the countryside would leave a lasting imprint in his life. It is here where he would choose to spend the final years of his life.

Even while still in the elementary grades, teaching and education were clearly facile for him. In 1936, he was the first government Pensionado to top the Senior Teachers Civil Service Examination. He finished college at the University of the Philippines earning the degree of Bachelor of Pedagogy in 1940.

While in the government service, he authored several books in education, notably: "Principles of Teaching and Education" and "Philippine Educational System" (Abiva Publishing House), required official textbooks in Education, to name a few.

He wrote readers for elementary grades namely: "Living Happily with our Friends and Neighbors", "Knowing Our Country and People", "Our neighbors in Asia and the Pacific" and "Our World Neighbors" (Abiva Publishing House). He also published Junior and Senior Teachers Civil Service Reviewers (D.P. Purino Publishing Co.).

He became Supervisor of Normal Schools, and rose to become Specialist in Teacher Education in the Bureau of Public Schools in 1954.

In 1957, he joined UNESCO, Paris to become a United Nations Teacher Training Expert. UNESCO assigned him to Kabul, Afghanistan in 1957-1959. Then to Thailand in 1959-1967.

While an employee of the United Nations, he obtained the degree of Doctor of Psychology from the College of Metaphysics, Indiana, U.S.A. in 1955.

After his retirement from UNESCO, he devoted his  time to building houses and apartments where he enjoyed the company of his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, relatives and friends who would come to visit or stay in the houses he had built.

People to whom he is now...
                          so deeply missed...


Source: "In Memoriam", from the author's family.