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(Juan Bautista Alegre y Levantino)
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Early Life and Education
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After completing his training in the Philippines, Alegre enrolled at Yale University from 1903 to 1905 but had to abandon his third-year studies at Yale Law School to oversee his business interests after the passing of his father, Narciso Alegre Pellicer.
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Business and Political Career
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Alegre was the president of the Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands from 1920 to 1921, and one of the financiers of the Philippines Herald newspaper.
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Alegre was a delegate of the first Philippine Independence Mission to Washington, D.C., in 1919. He served as the Secretary of the National Committee of the Philippine Independence Commission in 1922 and was a member of the first Philippine Independence Congress in 1930. 
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February 2, 1882: Juan B. Alegre was born in Casiguran, Sorsogon