Background
Valdepeñas, Vicente Babaran was born on August 24, 1937 in Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Philippines. Son of Vicente Gumabay and Gertrudes (Babaran) Valdepeñas.
Valdepeñas, Vicente Babaran was born on August 24, 1937 in Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Philippines. Son of Vicente Gumabay and Gertrudes (Babaran) Valdepeñas.
AB, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, 1958. AM, Cornell University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1969.
Sales trainee PubMed Central Procter & Gamble, Manila, 1957. Instructor St. Mary's College, Bayombong, Philippines, 1958-1960. Instructor economics Ateneo de Manila University, 1961-1962, assistant professor, 1966-1968, associate professor, 1970-1972, professor, 1973-1983.
Teaching assistant Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1963-1965, 68-69. Deputy minister trade Government of Philippines, Manila, 1976-1983, minister economic planning, 1983-1986. Chief executive officer Southeast Asian Center Banks Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, since 1987.
Trade negotiator Government of Philippines, l976-83, Member of Parliament, Quezon City, l983-84. Consultant Citibank (National Association), Manila, l986.
Member Philippine Economic Society (president l974-75), Philippine Statistical Association (vice president l978-79, president l984-85), American Economic Association, American Management Association, Cornell Filipino Club (president l965-66, l979-85).
Married Maria Victoria Velasquez-Tinio, December l8, l975. Children: Vicente Jose, Ramon Miguel.