Camilo Olaviano Osías, Sr. (born Camilo Osías y Olaviano; March 23, 1889 – May 20, 1976) was a Filipino politician, twice for a short time

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. Along with a certain American named Mary A. Lane, Osías translated into English the poem ''Filipinas'' that was set to the ''Marcha Nacional Filipina'', producing the ''Philippine Hymn'' that is now the national anthem, ''

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''.

Life and career

Osías attended school in Balaoan, Vigan and San Fernando, and was selected a government scholar to the

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in 1905. He studied at the

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in 1906 and 1907. He graduated from the Western Illinois State Teachers College at Macomb, Illinois in 1908, and from the Teachers College of

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in 1910. On his return to the Philippines, he taught and later assumed various administrative positions, particularly in the field of education. He successively became the first Filipino Superintendent of Schools (1915 to 1916), Assistant Director of Education (1917 to 1921), a lecturer at the

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(1919 to 1921), and President of National University (1921–1936), a private institution. Osías then entered national politics. He was a member of the first Philippine mission to the United States (1919 to 1920). He was elected to the Philippine Senate in 1925, and as a Nacionalista, was Resident Commissioner in the

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in 1928, reelected in 1931 and served from March 4, 1929 until January 3, 1935, when his term expired in accordance with the new government of the Philippine Commonwealth. In 1934, he was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Philippine Senate, but became a member of the

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in 1934, and a member of the first

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in 1935. In 1939, he was a member of the Economic Mission to the United States, and chairman of the Educational Mission between 1938 and 1941. Back in the Philippines, Osías became chairman of the National Council of Education in 1941, Director of Publicity and Propaganda until January 1942, chairman of the National Cooperative Administration in 1941, later Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Education, Health, and Public Welfare, then Secretary of Education until 1945. He was also Chancellor of Osías Colleges. He was elected again to the Philippine Senate in 1947 for a term expiring in 1953. He was

twice for a short time in 1952 and in 1953. He was the Philippines' representative to the

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and to the International Trade Conference in

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in 1948. He ran as a Nacionalista again, this time for

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, in 1953 and lost to

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. He was again elected, this time as a Liberal to the Philippine Senate (1961–1967), and served as president '' pro tempore''. He was a resident of

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, Rizal (since incorporated into

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), until his death.

Bibliography

*Camilo Osías: ''The Story of a Long Career of Varied Tasks'' (Manlapaz Publishing Co., Quezon City, 1971) *Eduardo Bananal: ''Camilo Osías: Educator and Statesman'' (Manlapaz Publishing Co., Quezon City, 1974) *''Camilo Osia'' (sic) in ''Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-1995'', prepared under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by Carmen E. Enciso and Tracy North, Hispanic Division, Library of Congress (Government Printing Office, Washington, 1995)

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