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, ...

'', page 6.) (; c. 1888May 2, 1978) was a

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of Fujianese origin. He was known as the "Dean of Philippine Banking". He earned his law degree from the

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School of Law in

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. The son of immigrants from

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, SyCip co-founded

Chinabank China Banking Corporation (; ), commonly known as Chinabank, is a Filipinos, 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 ...

, establishing branches in

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and

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. He was also one of the original incorporators of the

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. His sons were: * David SyCip - businessman, co-founder of

RFM Corporation RFM Corporation () is a publicly listed food and beverage company in the Philippines. RFM is a manufacturer of flour and flour-based products, milk, juice drinks, and ice cream. As of June 2013, RFM had an asset base of P12 billion and a t ...

Washington SyCip Washington Z. SyCip, PLH BOLk RNO1kl (; ; 30 June 1921 – 7 October 2017) was a Chinese-Filipino- American accountant. He was the founder of the accounting firm EY SGV & Company and the Asian Institute of Management. Early life and educ ...

- founder of SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co., one of the largest

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firms in

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. * Alexander SyCip - founder of SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan, the largest and leading

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in the

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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 {{Philippines-business-bio-stub