Donor Profile
BELINDA A. AQUINO, Ph.D., Cornell University (Government and Southeast Asian Studies), M.A. (Political Science and Public Administration), University of Hawaii at Manoa , B.A. (English major and Political Science minor).
- Currently Professor Emeritus of Asian Studies and Political Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Professor (Ret.) of Political Science and Asian Studies and Founding Director, Center for Philippine Studies, School of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa (1975-2009)
- U.P. Vice President for Public Affairs, Diliman, Quezon City (1989-91) & concurrently Visiting Professor of Public Administration and Political Science
- Visiting Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies(1997-98)
- Visiting Scholar, School of Economics, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan (Summer 1989)
- Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore (1986)
- Lecturer in four Indonesian Universities (Dec. 1989)
- Recipient of Most Distinguished U.P. alumna, University of the Philippines Alumni Association in America (UPAAA), Houston, 2003
- Recipient of Pamana ng Pilipino (Philippine Heritage), Presidential Award, Malacanang, Philippines, 2002
- Recipient of Distinguished Centennial Lifetime Achievement Award, UPAA, Quezon City, Philippines, 2008
- National President, UPAAA, 2009- 2011
- Editor and writer, The University Experience: Essays on the 82nd Anniversary of the University of the Philippines.U.P.Press, 1991)
- Founding Chair, International Council for Philippine Studies Conferences (ICOPHIL), 2005