Pilar Lardizabal Hidalgo-Lim (May 24, 1893 – December 8, 1973) was a Filipina educator and civic leader. She was married to Brig. Gen.

Vicente Lim Vicente Podico Lim (February 24, 1888 – December 31, 1944) was a Filipino brigadier general and World War II hero. Lim was the first Filipino graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point (Class of 1914). Prior to the establish ...

, World War II hero.

Early career and pre-war years

Pilar Hidalgo-Lim graduated from the University of the Philippines, Bachelor of Arts, cum laude. She joined both the UP and Centro Escolar as a mathematics instructor. She married Lt.

, a West Point graduate, on August 12, 1917. They had six children: Luis, Roberto, Vicente Jr, Patricio, Eulalia, and Maria. Hidalgo-Lim was active in civic affairs. She became President of the National Federation of Women's Clubs, and was an active supporter for women's suffrage, which President

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signed into law in 1937. In 1940, with

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, Hidalgo-Lim helped found the

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. She also worked as a line producer for Parlatone Hispano-Filipino Studios, a Manila movie production company. Hidalgo-Lim and her children were in the United States when World War II started.

Post-war years

Hidalgo-Lim and her family returned to the Philippines in 1946. Under President

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Hidalgo-Lim was a member of the Board of Censors for Motion Pictures, the Parole Board, and the Integrity Board. She continued to serve in the first two agencies during the terms of Presidents

Ramon Magsaysay Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. (August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957) was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh president of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953, until his death in an aircraft disaster on March 17, 1957. An automo ...

and

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.Pilar Hidalgo-Lim
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Centro Escolar University Centro Escolar University ( tl, Pamantasang Centro Escolar) also referred to by its acronym CEU is a private non-sectarian higher education institution in San Miguel Manila, Philippines Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of ...

's third president after the death of Carmen de Luna. She steered the university during the reconstruction and normalization of school operations after

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