2009,
January 1 (5). Dr. Manuel S. Enverga Birth Centenary
Founder Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation of Lucena City
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Dr. Manuel S. Enverga, founder: president of the
Luzonian University which he converted into a foundation that now
bears his name, the Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation in
Lucena City, and Representative of the First District of Quezon from
1953 to 1968, spent the remaining years of his retirement from
politics nurturing the growth of the higher education institution he
founded to provide affordable, relevant, and quality education to
his countrymen and to write about his vision for the country,
foremost of which was to advance the nationalist cause .
A staunch nationalist, Congressman Enverga authored
the change of the celebration of Independence Day from July 4 to
June 12 which President Diosdado Macapagal adopted and signed into
an executive order. He also spearheaded the reexamination of
Philippine foreign policy to open trade, scientific and economic
cooperation with socialist countries to reduce dependence on the
traditional American market, an advocacy that was clearly ahead of
his time. Congressman Enverga has advanced the nationalist cause to
a remarkable degree by the sober way in which he spearheaded the
move to make foreign policy long shackled to antiquated but no less
dangerous cold war myths responsive to the realities of the 1960s.
One of his major speeches in the House of
Representatives which dwelt on the military danger and economic
disadvantages posed by the American bases in the country has earned
the praise of his more enlightened colleagues in the intellectual
community. Congressman Enverga has also conceptualized the
archipelagic principle that has now been enshrined in the definition
of the country’s boundaries under the Philippine Constitution. He
was born on January 1, 1909 and celebrates his centenary on January
1, 2009.