Teodoro Locsin Sr.
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Teodoro Locsin Sr. | |
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Born | Teodoro Montelibano Locsin December 24, 1914 |
Died | January 22, 2000 | (aged 85)
Other names | TLS, Teddy Sr., Ka Teddy |
Citizenship | Philippine |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, publisher, poet |
Spouse | Rosario López |
Children | Henry Locsin Ramon Locsin Teodoro Locsin Jr. |
Teodoro Montelibano Locsin (December 24, 1914 – January 22, 2000) was a journalist, publisher of The Philippines Free Press Magazine and father of former Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr.
Early life
Teodoro Montelibano Locsin Sr. was born on December 24, 1914, in
Locsin attended public school from Grades I to IV and later transferred to the Ateneo de Manila where he stayed on until he completed his Associate in Arts degree. At the University of Santo Tomas, he took up law. After graduation, he immediately passed the bar and went into practice.
Career
He joined the Philippines Free Press magazine as an editorial member in 1939. This marked the start of his 61-year career in journalism. He assumed leadership of the magazine after Roger F. Theo, its editor and publisher, passed away.[1]
During World War II, when the Free Press was shut down, Locsin fled to Negros Occidental to join the
Aside from his editorship of The Philippines Free Press, Locsin also penned The Heroic Confession, a novel about José Rizal, Fragments and Ruins, a collection of poems, Trial and Error, a collection of short stories, among others.
When Locsin was editor of the Philippines Free Press, one of the oldest and most respected[
Locsin refused an offer by Marcos to return his printing press and publish his magazine again because he believed it would have been used by Marcos as a mouthpiece of the martial law government.
The magazine resumed publication shortly after Marcos was ousted in a People Power Revolution in February 1986.
Recognition
Locsin's notable awards are the
Personal life
He was married to his wife, Rosario, and had three sons, Henry, Ramon and Teodoro Jr., former publisher and editor of the newspaper The Philippines Today.
Death
Teodoro Locsin Sr. died from cancer on January 22, 2000
References
- ISBN 978-0-8108-7246-2. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- ^ "Tungkol kay José W. Diokno". October 2021.
- ^ "Briefer on the Philippine Legion of Honor". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Gov.ph. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^ "Philippine Journalist Locsin Dies". AP NEWS. January 23, 2000. Retrieved January 21, 2021.