Birthplace: Cabatuan, Iloilo

	Both parents are Cabatuananon 
	   Zacarias Continente Miravite  
	   Consolacion Legaspi Fajardo (Brgy. Acao, Cabatuan)

     PERSONAL
	Married to Rosalina Suller, with five children

     EXPERTISE
	Development Planning and Management
	University Planning and Development

     ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
	Ph.D., Visva Bharati State University, West Bengal, India, 1956 
	M.A.,  Manuel L.Quezon University, Manila, 1953
	A.B.,  Manuel L.Quezon University, Manila, 1952   
          
     SPECIAL TRAINING
	Education Planning and Development , 1968
	Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A. 
	University of Pennsylvania, Midstate, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

	Development Planning and Management, 1970
	Philippine Executive Academy, 
	University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines
	
     WORK EXPERIENCES
	President, Bio-Resources International, Inc. 1980-87

	Executive Director, Aquaculture Department, 
		Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC)
		Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines,  1973-79

	Management Consultant to the Republic of Indonesia
		Planning and development of the Social Security System for Indonesia,
		Jakarta, Indonesia,  1971

	Acting President, Mindanao State University (MSU), Marawi City, Philippines, 1969

	Vice-President for Academic Affairs, MSU, Marawi City,  1968

	Dean, College of Liberal Arts and concurrently Dean, 
		College of Education, MSU, Marawi City, 1965

	Professor, College of Liberal Arts, MSU, Marawi City,  1962

	Barrio Lieutenant, Barrio Ayaman, Cabatuan, Iloilo, 1961

	President, Barrio Lieutenants League of Iloilo, 1961

	Manager, Radio Station #2, National Civil Defense Admdministration, Iloilo City,  1960

	Secretary to the Provincial Board, Province of Iloilo, Iloilo City, 1960

	Editor-in-Chief, Provincial Bulletin (a daily newspaper in Iloilo City), 1960

	Technical Adviser, Office of the Governor, Province of Iloilo,	Iloilo City, 1960

	Editor-in-Chief, Business Gazette ( a monthly publication on Business,
		Finance, Economics and Trade) Manila, 1957

	Managing Editor, Philippine and World Affairs ( a monthly magazine on 
		International Finance, Trade and Geo-Politics), Manila, 1956

	Associate Editor, Industrial Philippines (organ of the Philippine Chamber
		of Industries), Manila, 1956

	Professor of Asian Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, MLQ University,  Manila, 1956

	Foreign News Correspondent, Agence France-Presse Bureau, Manila, 1951

     AWARDS / DISTINCTIONS
	Full Scholarship, Undergraduate and Graduate Studies 
		Manuel L. Quezon University, Manila,  1949-53

	Magna cum laude, A.B., Manuel L. Quezon University, 1952

	PH.D. Scholarship Grant, Government of India Cultural Scholarship Scheme, India,  1954-55

	Ford Foundation Fellow, Educational Planning and Development, U.S.A, 1968

	Distinguish Service Award for contribution to the development of the Mindanao State University 
	from the MSU, Marawi City, 1960

	MSU-UP Grantee, Philippine Executive Academy, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, 1970

	UNDP grantee, Interregional Urban Planning and Development, Warsaw,	Poland,  1973

	Distinguish Service Award for contribution to the development of the Fishpond Industry 
	in the Philippines from the Philippine Federation of Fishfarm Producers, Manila,  1976

	Outstanding Alumnus Award, from the Manuel L. Quezon University Alumni Association, Manila, 1977

     INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ATTENDED
	Inter-Regional Urban Planning and Development, United Nations
		Development Program (UNDP), Warsaw, Poland, June 1971

	Regional Adaptive Technology Workshop, East-West Center, Honolulu,
		Hawaii, May 1973

	Majority-Minority Relations in Southeast Asia Workshop, Association of
		Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning, Manila, 1974

	16th Session, Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council Meeting,
		Jakarta, Indonesia, 1974


	Ministerial Conference for the Economic Development of Southeast Asia
		Manila, Philippines, November, 1974

	6th SEAFDEC Council Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 1973

	7th SEAFDEC Council Meeting, Manila, Philippines, December 1974

	13th Pacific Science Congress, Vancouver, Canada, August 1975

	8th SEAFDEC Council Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand, December 1975

	FAO Technical Conference on Aquaculture, Kyoto, Japan, May 1976

	1st Interdepartmental Meeting, SEAFDEC Secretariat,
		Manila, Philippines, August 1976

	17th Session, Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council Meeting,
		Colombo, Sri-Lanka, August, 1976

	9th SEAFDEC Council Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, December 1976

	2nd Interdepartmental Meeting, SEAFDEC Secretariat,
		Singapore, October, 1997
	
	10th SEAFDEC Council Meeting, Manila, Philippines, December 1977