Edgardo Gil Jopson, also known as Edgar Jopson or EdJop, was a labor leader and activist who fought against the dictatorship of President Ferdinand E. Marcos.
Education
Jopson finished at the top of his class from the Ateneo de Manila High School and later earned a degree in Management Engineering, cum laude, from the Ateneo de Manila University, where he became president of the National Union of Students of the Philippines.
Career
In 1970, Jopson was recognized as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men. After Marcos declared martial law over the whole country, Jopson joined the underground Communist resistance movement. He was killed in 1982 during a military raid.
Jopson was born on September 1, 1948 to Hernan and Josefa Jopson and is the second of ten children.
He studied secondary school at the Ateneo de Manila University and became the valedictorian of the class of 1966.