Background
An American-educated plant geneticist and agronomist, he was born on September 11, 1940, in Station
An American-educated plant geneticist and agronomist, he was born on September 11, 1940, in Station
Cornell University; Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Cruz, Laguna, Philippines. He served as a presidential cabinet member and chair of the National Science Development Board. He worked at The Hague in the Netherlands as senior research fellow for the International Service for National Agricultural Research and went to Taiwan to direct work on vegetable research and development.
After a few years abroad, Javier returned to his country at the request of former President Fidel Valdez Ramos to lead the University of the Philippines as its president
Javier earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Breeding and Genetics from Cornell University, his master"s degree from the University of Illinois and bachelor"s degree from the University of the PhilippinesCollege of Agriculture (now Uttar Pradesh Los Banos).