death_date death_place birth_place other_names nationality name parents birth_date spouse known_for article_title birth_name occupation
23 may 2011 manila manila anding roces filipino alejandro roces rafael roces and inocencia reyes 13 july 1924 irene yorston viola * july 4 to june 12 changing the date of philippine independence day from alejandro roces
 alejandro reyes roces journalist , educator , fighter , raconteur , patriot , public , servant author , essayist , dramatist , teacher
alejandro roces

alejandro reyes roces -lrb- 13 july 1924 -- 23 may 2011 -rrb- was a filipino author , essayist , dramatist and a national artist of the philippines for literature .
he served as secretary of education from 1961 to 1965 , during the term of philippine president diosdado macapagal .
noted for his short stories , the manila-born roces was married to irene yorston viola -lrb- granddaughter of maximo viola -rrb- , with whom he had a daughter , elizabeth roces-pedrosa .
anding attended elementary and high school at the ateneo de manila university , before moving to the university of arizona and then arizona state university for his tertiary education .
he graduated with a b.a. in fine arts and , not long after , attained his m.a. from far eastern university back in the philippines .
he has since received honorary doctorates from tokyo university , baguio 's st. louis university , polytechnic university of the philippines , and the ateneo de manila university .
roces was a captain in the marking 's guerilla during world war ii and a columnist in philippine dailies such as the `` manila chronicle '' and the `` manila times '' .
he was previously president of the manila bulletin and of the cap college foundation .
in 2001 , roces was appointed as chairman of the movie and television review and classification board -lrb- mtrcb -rrb- .
roces also became a member of the board of trustees of gsis -lrb- government service insurance system -rrb- and maintained a column in the philippine star called roses and thorns .
