Albino Z. SyCip (last name also spelled as Sycip
[ Flavier, Juan M., "Albino Z. Sycip", '']Doctor to the Barrios
''Doctor to the Barrios'' is a 1970 book written by Juan M. Flavier, a physician in the Philippines, who later became Secretary of the Department of Health and two-term Senator of the Philippines. Its complete title is ''Doctor to the Barrios, E ...
'', page 6.) (c. 1888May 2, 1978
) was a
Chinese Filipino
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financier
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of
Fujian
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ese origin. He was known as the "Dean of Philippine Banking". He earned his law degree from the
University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
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School of Law in
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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.
The son of immigrants from
Fujian province
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,
China
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, SyCip co-founded
Chinabank
China Banking Corporation (; ), commonly known as China Bank, is a Filipino bank established in 1920. It was the first privately owned local commercial bank in the Philippines initially catering to the banking needs of Chinese Filipino businesspe ...
, establishing branches in
Amoy
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and
Shanghai
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,
China
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. He was also one of the original incorporators of the
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.
[
His sons were:
* David SyCip - businessman
* Washington SyCip - founder of SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co., one of the largest ]accounting
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firms in Asia
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.
* Alexander SyCip - founder of SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan, the largest and leading law firm
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in the Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
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.
References
External links
Don Albino, The Elder SyCip, A Profile of a Filipino-Chinese
Biography of Washington SyCip
1880s births
1978 deaths
Filipino bankers
University of Michigan Law School alumni
Filipino people of Chinese descent
Place of birth missing
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