- Francisco Afan Delgado
DELGADO, Francisco Afan, a Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands; born in Bulacan Province, Philippine Islands,
January 25 ,1886 ; studied at San Juan de Letran, Ateneo de Manila, Colegio Filipino, Los Angeles (Calif.) High School, and Compton (Calif.) Union High School; Indiana University at Bloomington, LL.B., 1907 and Yale University, LL.M., 1909; was admitted to the bar in 1908 and commenced practice in Indianapolis, Ind.; returned to the Philippine Islands in 1908 and was employed with the Philippine Government as a law clerk and later as chief of the law division of the executive bureau until 1913, when he returned to the private practice of law; served in the Philippine National Guard in 1918; member of the National Council of Defense for the Philippines in 1918; served in the Philippine house of representatives 1931-1934; elected as a Nationalist a Resident Commissioner to the United States and served fromJanuary 3 ,1935 , untilFebruary 14 ,1936 , when a successor qualified in accordance with the new form of government of the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands; appointed justice of the court of appeals February 1936-1937; resumed the practice of law; delegate to the International Committee of Jurists atWashington, D.C. , and to the United Nations Conference at San Francisco in April 1945; member of the Philippine War Damage Commission fromJune 4 ,1946 , toMarch 31 ,1951 ; member of the Philippine senate from 1951 to 1957; Ambassador to the United Nations,September 29 ,1958 -January 1 ,1962 ; returned to Philippines and resided in Bulacan Province; died in Manila, Republic of the Philippines,October 27 ,1964 .ee also
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