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(Salvador Z. Araneta)
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He was a member of the Philippine Constitutional Convention of 1933 and 1971 and founder and twice president of the Philippine Constitution Association. Araneta served as Secretary of Economic Coordination under President Elpidio Quirino, Secretary of Agriculture under President Ramon Magsaysay, and as member of the National Economic Council.
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In 1946, in the aftermath of World War II, along with his wife Victoria Lopez de Araneta, he founded the Araneta Institute of Agriculture, the first private agricultural school after World War II.  It was renamed Gregorio Araneta University Foundation in 1978 and became the present De La Salle Araneta University. 
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Salvador and Victoria also founded the Far Eastern Air Transport Incorporated (FEATI), the first airline in the Philippines flying the Iloilo-Manila-Hong Kong route.  
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The Aranetas decided to close the airline but adopted its name as part of a school they established on March 6, 1946 and named it the FEATI Institute of Technology (FEATI University). The educational institution focused on the fields of engineering and technology.
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Araneta pioneered in the flour industry (RFM Corporation), in soybean extraction (Republic Soya), in the manufacture of electric motors (Feati Industries), animal feeds (AIA Feed Mills), animal vaccines (AIA Biological Laboratories). He was co-founder of NEPA (National Economic Protectionism Association), PRRM (Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement), and the White Cross, an orphanage.
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He died on October 07, 1982 in San Juan, Metro Manila from complications of diabetes.
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Source:
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About, De La Salle Araneta University, https://www.dlsau.edu.ph/
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Salvador Araneta, https://salvadoraraneta.com/
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Wikipedia
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January 31, 1902: Salvador Z. Araneta, a Filipino nationalist and educator was born