Nicolas Gandiongco Escario (December 6, 1898 – November 1, 1958) was a Filipino Visayan physician, educator, and legislator from

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. He served as

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, member of the Cebu provincial board, and member of the

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(1950–1957). In 1946, he founded

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Early life

Nicolas G. Escario was the son of Gregorio Escario and Victoria Gandiongco in Bantayan, Cebu on December 6, 1898. He studied at the Colegio de San Carlos (now

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), acquired his bachelor's degree at

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in 1918, and

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where he graduated with a degree in medicine in 1923.

Personal life

Married to Socorro Lizares who hailed from wealthy Negros-based family of sugar barons, he had three children: Gregorio, Nicolas Jr., and Maria Socorro.

Career

From 1924 until 1928, he started his career practicing medicine at the Southern Islands Hospital as senior resident physician. Later, he was appointed physician of the Central Azucarera del Danao in Toboso,

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Cebu Institute of Technology – University

In 1946, together with United States-trained engineers Fidel C. Dagani, Amancio A. Alcordo, and Jose A. Cavan, he founded the

and became its first ever president. The school's goal was to make college education available to students from

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and

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Cebu government

In the aftermath of

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in 1946, he became member of the Cebu provincial board. He would later become the mayor of Cebu City by the appointment of the Osmeña administration from 1945 until 1946. The biggest challenge of his term was to restore the city and the local government with diminished public funds. He spent his own personal money to pay for government employees. Vicente S. Del Rosario succeeded him on May 26, 1946.

Congress

As a candidate for the

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, he was elected member of the 2nd Congress of the Republic in 1950, receiving the biggest majority votes among Liberal candidates. He was reelected for another term at the 3rd Congress of the Republic in November 10, 1953, serving Cebu's 7th district until 1957. He was a member of the Committee on Appropriations, Committee on Education, Committee on health, and Committee on War Veterans.

Historical commemoration

The street previously known as Waling Waling was renamed Nicolas Escario Street in his honor. It is located along the

Cebu Provincial Capitol The Cebu Provincial Capitol is the seat of the provincial government of Cebu in the Philippines. Located at the north end of Osmeña Boulevard in Cebu City, it was designed by Juan M. Arellano, a Filipino architect best known for the Manila Metropo ...

and extends until the intersection of Jakosalem Extension and Gorordo Avenue.

References

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