&content_romulo=Romulo is perhaps among the most decorated Filipino in history, which includes 82 honorary degrees from different international institutions and universities and 74 decorations from foreign countries:
    * Philippine Congressional Quezon Service Cross, April 17, 1951
    * Philippine National Artist in Literature, 1982
    * United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, January 12, 1984
    * Boy Scouts of America Silver Buffalo Award
    * Distinguished Service Star of the Philippines
    * Philippine Gold Gross
    * Distinguished Conduct Star
    * Purple Heart
    * Presidential Unit-Citation with Two Oak Leaf Clusters
    * Philippine Legion of Honor (Commander)
    * Grand Cross of the Order of the Phoenix from the Greek Government
    * Grand Cross of the Order of Carlos Manuel do Cespedes from the Republic of Cuba
    * Pulitzer Prize in Correspondence, 1942
    * World Government News First Annual Gold Nadal Award (for work in the United Nations for peace and world government), March 1947
    * Princeton University- Woodrow Wilson Memorial Foundation Gold Medal award ("in recognition of his contribution to public life"), May 1947
    * International Benjamin Franklin Society's Gold Medal (for “distinguished world statesmanship in 1947”), January 1948
    * Freeman of the City of Plymouth, England, October 1948
    * United Nations Peace Medal
    * World Peace Award
    * Four Freedoms Peace Award
    * Named in the 100 Most Prominent Rotarians in the world
    * Philippine Presidential Medal of Merit, July 3, 1949
    * Hero of the Republic Award, 1984
&content_popup=Carlos P. Romulo was the first Asian and first non-white president of the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council.
Romulo was born on January 14, 1899 in Camiling, Tarlac.  He graduated from the University of the Philippines in 1918 with a bachelor's degree in Arts.  He finished his master's degree in 1921 in the University of Columbia.  He was awarded Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) from Rollins College, Florida and Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) from the University of Athens, Greece.
He was General Douglas Mac Arthur's aide-de-camp in Corregidor, Bataan.  He accompanied General Mac Arthur and the liberating forces in the invasion of Leyte and later recapture of Manila.  He was promoted to the rank of U.S. Army Brigadier General for all his efforts during World War II.
After world war II, Romulo became the president of United Nations General Assembly. He also became the Philippine Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs in the 1950's to 1970's.
Romulo was also a member of the University of the Philippines Board of Regents. Romulo also became the President of the University of the Philippines and Secretary of Education.
Romulo received prestigious awards such as Pulitzer Prize in Journalism in 1942, First Annual Gold Medal Award by World Government News in 1947, Gold Medal Award by the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Foundation of Princeton University in 1947, International Benjamin Franklin Society's Gold Medal for Distinguished World Statemanship in 1948, Made Freeman of the Plymouth, England in 1948, City of Manila Gold Medal Award for Merit, 1949, Philippine Congressional Gold Medal of Honor in 1950, Distinguished Service Star of the Philippines, Gold Cross, Silver Star, Purple Heart and the Order of Sikatuna, the highest foreign service decoration of the Philippine Government.
Romulo is also famous for his books such as I saw the Fall of the Philippines, Mother America, My Brother Americans, I see the Philippine Rise, Crusade in Asia and Contemporary Nationalism and World Order.