Beijing Forum

Founder and President of Universidad Santo Tomás de Chile.
(43.000 students, 3.500 faculty and administrative staff, 24 branches, 30 years old)

Founder:
• Gastonia College and Saint Thomas University of Chile.
• International Council of Universities of Saint Thomas Aquinas – (IC-USTA), thirty two UST in 5 continents whose Council of Honor is integrated by, among others: Nobel Peace Laureates: Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo of East Timor, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, Lech Walessa of Poland and Kim Dae-Jung of South Korea;Heads of Sate: Corazón Aquino of the Philippines, Prime Ministers Helen Clark of New Zealand and Sonia Ghandi of India
• Co-founder and Former President of UCINF, Universidad de Ciencias de la Informática de Chile.
• Chilean Chapter of Friendship Force Exchange Program Atlanta, USA.
• Del Valle Elementary School in La Serena, Chile.
• St. Thomas Elementary School of San Bernardo, Chile.
• St. Thomas High School of Puerto Montt, Chile.
• Asia and Pacific Institute UST.
• Instituto Probidad (Institute for Public Ethics).
• Co-founder of Transparency International in Chile.
• Chilean Chapter of MENSA Chile (high IQ Association).

Honorary Doctorates and Others:
• Dr. Honoris Causa of Pedagogy (Dominican), Aquinas University of Legazpi, Philippines, May 2005.
• Dr. Honoris Causa of Humanities, University of Baguio, Baguio City, Philippines, January 2005.
• Honorary Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Management Science, (Buddhist) Nanhui University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
• Dr. Honoris Causa of Letters, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, May 2000.
• Dr. Honoris Causa Universidad de Aquino, La Paz, Bolivia, October, 2000.
• Presidential Citation for contributing to relations between Chile and the Republic of The Philippines, October 2000.
• Honorary Consul for the Republic of the Philippines in Chile, since June 2003.
• Honorary Citizen of Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
• Distinguished by the Municipality of Santa Anita, Peru, for contribution to Peruvian Education.
• Distinguished by the State of Guanajuato, Mexico, for contributions to education in Guanajuato. Prize awarded by Governor Vicente Fox, currently President of México.
• Distinguished by the Royal Kingdom of Thailand with the “Friend of Thailand 2002 Award”.
• Distinguished as the best AFS (American Field Service) exchange student, Chile-USA 1969-1970.
• Member of Presidential State delegations to: South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Beijing, New Zealand, Australia, Philippines, USA, Canada, Cuba, Paraguay, India, South Africa, Russia, Poland, Germany and Mexico.
• Member of APEC Delegations.
• Member of the Business Advisory Council of Tompkins Cortland Community College of the New York University System.
• Author of “Todo…está en ti” (All…is in you), 36th editions in Chile, Random-House Grijalbo Mondadori.
• Author of “La Otra Integración” (The other integration) concerning the integration of Bolivia and Chile through education.
• Music Composer.
• Executive Ambassador for the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada since March 1999.
• Recipient of the “Professor Emeritus of Ling Tung University” and “2003 Ling Tung International Educational Merit” Awards”.
• Etc., Etc.