August 15, 2003
Book on Thomasites launched
U.S. Embassy Counselor for Public Affairs Ron J.
Post accepts a copy of Back to the Future: Perspectives on the
Thomasites Legacy to the Philippines from American Studies Association
of the Philippines (ASAP) Secretary and University of the East’s
Arts and Sciences College Dean Carmelita S. Flores during the
launching of the book on August 12. ASAP and the U.S. Embassy
sponsored the book launching. Edited by University of the Philippines
Professor Corazon D. Villareal, the book is a collection of papers
presented at the 2001 international conference that marked the
centennial of the arrival of the Thomasites, the American teachers
who traveled on board the S.S. Thomas to establish the public
school system in the Philippines.
University of the Philippines Professor Corazon
D. Villareal autographs a copy of her book, Back to the Future:
Perspectives on the Thomasites Legacy to the Philippines. With
her are Dr. Carmelita S. Flores (left), Dean of the University
of the East College of Arts and Sciences, and Commodore Joselito
Arsenio (right), President of the Thomasites Descendents Association.
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