<P> He is a ten - time winner in the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards in Literature in the field of playwrighting, with similar awards from the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the University of the Philippines, and the Rockefeller Foundation through the Arena Theatre, and others . In 1995 he was elevated to the Hall of Fame of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards in Literature . </P> <P> He is one of the senior members of the Art Critics Association of the Philippines (ACAP). In the 50's, he painted with the "Primitives" art group . </P> <P> He was formerly division head of Anthropology and Archaeology from 1974 before he became Director III of the National Museum in 1992; Director of the Sub-Centre for Prehistory of the SEAMEO Projects in Archaeology and Fine Arts (SPAFA) from 1978 to 1987; member of the Archaeology Institute of America; Archaeological Consultant of the Intramuros Restoration; Commissioner in the Cultural Committee until 1988, and the Social Science Committee of the Unesco National Commission until 1990; lecturer at the Foreign Service Institute of the Department of Foreign Affairs . He headed a number of Philippine delegations to international conferences . He was past Vice President of the Southeast Asian Association of Prehistorians based in Jakarta . He has written more than 120 scientific papers and books in the field of Anthropology, Archaeology and general culture . </P> <P> He is married to Rosario Bitanga, the noted abstract painter / sculptor, and has three sons: Samuel, Francis Paul and Patrick Ian who are the fields of Physics, Chemical Engineering and Mass Communication, respectively . </P>

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