Romulo, Carlos Peña << ROM yu loh or roh MOO loh, KAHR lohs PAY nyah >> (1899-1985), a Filipino diplomat and author, served as Philippine secretary (later minister) of foreign affairs from 1965 to 1984. He had previously held several important government posts. Romulo served as Philippine ambassador to the United States in 1952 and 1953, and from 1955 to 1962. He was his country’s representative at the United Nations (UN) from 1946 to 1954. In 1949, he became the first Asian president of the UN General Assembly. Romulo represented the Philippines on the UN Security Council in 1957. He served as president of the University of the Philippines from 1962 to 1969 and was also secretary of education from 1966 to 1969.
Romulo was born in Manila on Jan. 14, 1899, and was educated at the University of the Philippines and Columbia University. For 20 years, he edited a chain of Philippine newspapers. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1942 for a series of articles he wrote on political and military affairs in Southeast Asia. He died on Dec. 15, 1985.
