Don Mariano Marcos y Rubio (1897–1945)

Location: Mariano Marcos State University, Marcos Avenue, Batac, Ilocos Norte

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: October 24, 1983

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

DON MARIANO MARCOS Y RUBIO 

(1897–1945)

BORN IN BATAC, ILOCOS NORTE, 21 APRIL 1897, TO DON FABIAN MARCOS AND DOÑA CRESENCIA RUBIO. HIS FATHER WAS THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, SCHOOL TEACHER AND GOBERNADORCILLO OF BATAC AFTER THE REVOLUTION. MARRIED TO JOSEFA QUETULIO EDRALIN, 1916; CHILDREN: FERDINAND, PACIFICO, ELIZABETH AND FORTUNA.

PRIMARY SCHOOLING IN THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ESTABLISHED BY THE AMERICANS, ILOCOS NORTE. SECONDARY EDUCATION, MANILA. TEACHER’S COURSE, PHILIPPINE NORMAL SCHOOL, 1916.

PRINCIPAL TEACHER, 1917; LIEUTENANT, PHILIPPINE NATIONAL GUARD, 1918; LAOAG SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERVISOR, 1919; AND TEACHER, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, MANILA, 1921. GRADUATED VALEDICTORIAN IN LAW, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, 1925.

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY, SECOND DISTRICT, ILOCOS NORTE, 1925; CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON STYLE; MEMBER, COMMITTEES ON LIBRARY, PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, CIVIL SERVICE, PUBLIC LANDS, MINES AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE ASSEMBLY. APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT MANUEL L. QUEZON AS TECHNICAL ASSISTANT AND DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF DAVAO TO HASTEN PIONEER SETTLEMENTS, 1932. HIS ELDER SON FERDINAND ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, 1965, 1969, 1981.

DIED IN LA UNION, MARCH 1945.