Dr. Deogracias Villamarin Villadolid, Scientist from the University of the Philippines. He is known as the father of Philippine Tilapia (nilotica fish).

1. Villadolid-Sibal Families:
Dr. Deogracias V. Villadolid
Prepared by: Jorge V. Sibal
2009
http://deogracias-villadolid.webs.com

2. Dr. Deogracias Villamarin Villadolid
(Our Lolo)
ISSUE DATE MARCH 22, 1985
TITLE 4th PROMINENT FILIPINOS DEFINITIVE SERIES V
VIGNETTE DR. DEOGRACIAS VILLADOLID

3. Dr. Villadolid is part of
scientific history
At UP Diliman in Quezon City, the Villadolid
Hall is now the home of the Archeological
Science Program. It was originally build for
the College of Fisheries which was
transferred in UP Los Banos and later in UP
Visayas in Miag-ao in Ilo-ilo City . It was also
used by the Marine Sciences Department.
Specifically, Dr Villadolid is part of the History
of Philippine Aquaculture

4. Villadolid Hall at UP Diliman

5. Dr. Villadolid is part of
scientific history
OVERVIEW OF PHILIPPINE AQUACULTURE
2.1. Historical Aspects
2.2. Current Technological Status
2.1.6. Tilapia
In 1950, the late Dr. Deogracias Villadolid, Director of
the then Bureau of Fisheries, brought in the first
tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) from Thailand
(Villaluz, 1953)..

6. OVERVIEW OF
PHILIPPINE
AQUACULTURE
Here was a fish which breeds so easily
that anyone can be a fish farmer without
having to worry about fry supply every time
as is necessary with milkfish. Thus it was
with the tilapia that the first serious attempt
to popularize freshwater fishponds was
made.

7. VILLADOLID, Deogracias V.
(1896-1976) Philippine public official -
Philippines
He was also one of the founders of
Philippine Lion’s Club in 1949.
(“History of of Philippine Lions”),
http://www.nsclub.net/cubaolions/cubfile/phil_lion1.html)

8. Villadolid, Lion’s Club Co-founder
 On March 23, 1949, Calero gave a dinner in honor
of Atwood Lawrence to which he invited a group of
local professionals and businessmen in various
fields of endeavor.
 Before the night ended, 23 of the men present had
signed the necessary forms and became the first
charter members of the Manila (Host) Lions Club.
They also became the first Filipinos to join the
International Association of Lions Clubs.

9. Villadolid, Lion’s Club Co-founder
 The group was composed of the following: Federico
Calero, Enrique C. Sobrepena, Charles E. Stone,
John C. Wallace, Rosendo O. Subido, Pascual A.
Poblete, Pedro M. Escat, Francisco Ortigas, Jr.,
Leon Goldenberg, Ernest Leweinsohn, Jose J. de
Guzman, Antonio Kayanan, Mark A. Stice, Andrew
D. Gruber, Antonio Varias, Gabriel A. Ambrosio ,
Jorge Barranengoa, Rodolfo R. Villanueva, Antonio
H. Calero, Jose D. Yan, A.M. Simestad, Deogracias
V. Villadolid and Antonio Prieto.

10. Balitang Visayas
Visayas CF changes name, dedicates
buildings in honor of scientists
The inclusion of the term "ocean" highlights the
concerns that the College addresses. It is also
indicative of the many areas that have yet to be
explored by research and study. This change of
name was approved by the Board of Regents on
August 31, 2000.

11. Visayas CF changes name, dedicates buildings in
honor of scientists
 Immediately after the installation of the
signage, three buildings of the College were
dedicated to three individuals who have
played significant roles in the field of fisheries
education in the country. The CFO’s
Administration Building was named Villadolid
Hall in recognition of the Dr. Deogracias
Villadolid.

12. Visayas CF changes name, dedicates buildings in
honor of scientists
 In the citation delivered by Prof. Pepito Hernandez,
Sr., Villadolid was from Nasugbu, Batangas. He has
an MS degree in Agriculture and has earned a Ph.D.
degree from Stanford University through the UP
College of Agriculture fellowship grant.
 He was the one who worked out for the inclusion of
fisheries subjects, such as Fisheries Biology and
Limnology in the curriculum of the UPCA
Department of Zoology.

13. Visayas CF changes name, dedicates buildings in
honor of scientists
 As the first Division Chief of the Fish and Game
Administration, he started working out for the
creation of a school of fisheries in the country. This
was finally realized in 1946 when the Philippine
Institute of Fisheries Technology (PIFT) was
established.
 Source: UP Forum Online, March 2001

14. Villadolid Hall, UP Visayas
Administration Bldg., Miag-ao, Ilo-ilo

15. Villadolid Hall, Miag-ao, Ilo-ilo

16. Villadolid Hall, Miag-ao, Ilo-Ilo

17. Villadolid Hall, Interior

18. Dr. Deogracias V. Villadolid
Source: Guide, Archives of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
CARL LEAVITT HUBBS
1894-1979
Papers, 1927-1979
Manuscript Collection, MC 5 39
1 Vision-Fishes, 1940-1969
2 Visiting Investigators, 1945-1979, Charles H. Abbott-
Agustin Ayala-Castanares
3L K.R. Allen-Nabuo Egami
4 M. Babu Ras-Edward R. Baylor
5 Jean Bedard-Samuel Stillman Berry
6 E. Bertelsen-Martin D. Burkenroad
7 Berry Campbell-Paul Chabanaud
8 Wilbert MacLood Chapman-Jolin Cushing
9L Ch'eng-chao Liu-Deogracias V. Villadolid
10 Demorest Davenport-Helmut deTerra

19. Dr. Villadolid’s book still available for sale
 www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/X6943E/x6943e06.htm -
 ... 24. Villadolid, Deogracias V. THE FISHERIES OF LAKE
TAAL, PANSIPIT RIVER, AND BALAYAN, BAY, BATANGAS
PROVINCE, LUZON. 1937 Philippine J Sci. Vol 63, No 2, pp. ...
www.abetitles1.com/Title/2381021/River+Fisheries.htm
T
HE FISHERIES OF LAKE TAAL, PANSIPIT RIVER, AND BALAYAN
Villadolid, Deogracias V
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20. Articles on Dr. Villadolid
still being written
MALAYA BUSINESS
Business Circuit
A.P. Macasaet Email: apm@malaya.com.ph
Agricultural research
FRIDAY | July 30, 2004 | PHILIPPINES
Until the early days of Ferdinand Marcos,
this country had a scientific mind on
agriculture.
I was working for the late Deogracias
Villadolid at Araneta University in the late
Fifties. He was then president of the
Philippine Association for the Advancement of
Science.

21. MALAYA BUSINESS
Business Circuit
A.P. Macasaet Email: apm@malaya.com.ph
Neglect of science
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
What do we have today in the field of
agricultural research? Nothing by
government. And of course, the private
sector does not share the fruits of its
expensive research.
This must be the reason we continue
to lag behind our neighbors in the field
of agriculture.

22. MALAYA BUSINESS
Business Circuit
A.P. Macasaet Email: apm@malaya.com.ph
Neglect of science
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
What does Thailand have that we don't? Nothing
except determination to grow and be prosperous.
We planted lanzones much earlier than
Thailand. Now, they are exporting the fruit to us. My
wife bought me a kilo for P500.
The Thais learned agriculture from UP Los
Baños. Now we are importing rice from Thailand.
Thailand's agriculture is one of the most modern
in the world. Ours is one of the most backward.

23. MALAYA BUSINESS
Business Circuit
A.P. Macasaet Email: apm@malaya.com.ph
Neglect of science
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
All because we neglected applied scientific
research in agriculture. In the late 50s, there was an
association of agricultural scientists headed by
Deogracias Villadolid, the father of the tilapia.
Try going to any of the branches of the Bureau
of Plant Industry to get planting materials. They
hardly have any. And the few that they have are as
old as time as far as technology is concerned.

24. The Manila Times
Tuesday, January 28, 2003
AGRIBUSINESS
Growing market as substitute for marine
white fish
RP now 4th in tilapia output
By Henrylito D. Tacio , Special Correspondent
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna — The Philippines is now the
fourth largest tilapia producer in the world, said
Dr. Rafael D. Guerrero III, one of the country’s
leading fishery expert.

25. The Manila Times
Tilapia is a native of Africa. Its name is said
to be derived from the African bushmen’s term
for fish. Tilapia has been an important source
of food for man at least since recorded history
started. The fish Saint Peter caught in the Sea
of Galilee and those with which Jesus Christ
fed the multitudes were reportedly tilapia. An
Egyptian tomb frieze, dated at 2500 BC,
illustrates the harvest of tilapia and suggests
that the fish may have been cultured.

26. The Manila Times
Tilapia was introduced in the
Philippines in 1950 when the late Dr.
Deogracias Villadolid of then Bureau of
Fisheries (now known as Bureau of
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources or
BFAR) brought Oreochromis mossam-
bicus or Mozambique tilapia from
Thailand.

27. The Manila Times
Calling it a “miracle fish,” the BFAR promoted
its culture in backyard ponds to help the country
achieve self-sufficiency in animal protein food. But
the Mozambique tilapia’s high reproduction rate
resulted in overcrowded ponds and stunted fish,
and many Filipinos became disappointed over its
performance. In 1972, the BFAR introduced
another tilapia species, Oreochromis niloticus or
Nile tilapia. Since then, tilapia became the second
most important cultured fish in the Philippines,
after bangus.

28. Dr. Deogracias Villadolid,
brief background
 Dean of Philippine
fisheries
 Earned 3 degrees from
UPLB College of
Agriculture: Bachelor of
Agriculture in 1919,
Bachelor of Science in
Agriculture in 1923, and
Master of Science in
Agriculture in 1923.

29. Dr. Villadolid completed a Doctor of
Philosophy degree, major in marine
biology and minor in aquatic botany from
Stanford University, USA in 1927 as a
scholar.

30. Dr. Deogracias Villadolid,
brief background
 Dr. Villadolid was the first Division Chief of
the Fish and Game Administration before the
2nd World War.
 During the Japanese occupation, he was
allowed to continue serving as Director of the
Bureau of Fisheries. On suspicion that he
was assisting the Filipino guerillas against
the Japanese, Dr. Villadolid and his eldest
son Leland were incarcerated. The two later
escaped prison during an air raid.

31. Accomplishments
 In 1966, the National Research Council of the
Philippines, the Philippines Fisheries Commission
and the U.P. College of Fisheries listed 146 works
authored by Villadolid which also included those
done in collaboration with other Filipino fisheries
scientists.
 Dr. Villadolid received numerous awards, among
them were the Distinguished Science Star medal
and Diploma of Honor as a Philippine Presidential
Awardee in Science in 1954

32. Accomplishments
 In Aug. 22, 1996, he was the first recipient of the
Dr. Shinkishi Hatai Medal for Distinguished
Service to Marine Biology of the Pacific by the
Pacific Science Association during its 11th
Congress in Japan.

33. Life after retirement
 He retired from government service on March
22, 1961 on his 65th birthday.
 After his retirement, he served as the Vice-
President of Araneta University and as Dean
of the Institute of Graduate Studies and
Applied Research in the same university until
his 70th birthday in 1966.

34. Life after retirement
 Dr. Villadolid was awarded a plaque of merit
on the occasion of his 70th birthday
anniversary by the National Research
Council of the Philippines, Fisheries
Commission and the U.P. College of
Fisheries.
 He was a trustee of the Science Foundation
of the Philippines during his retirement age
until his death. He died at age 80.

35. Villadolid
dies at ripe
age of 80

36. Death
at 80

37. Lola Resty graces inauguration of
Villadolid Hall at UP Diliman

38. Deogracias Villadolid Statue, Nasugbu,
Batangas

39. The family of Lydia Villadolid Sibal, Dr.
Villadolid’s eldest daughter
Lydia, Oscar, Deogracias, Jr
and Felix Sibal (husband of
Lydia)
Lydia Villadolid Sibal family

40. 2003 Reunion w/ the Apos

41. December 2003 Reunion

42. Villadolid Clan

43. Family of Dr. D. Villadolid

44. Family of Dr. D. Villadolid,
all professionals

45. Thank you.
Ross Mandie Eni
Connie & daughter
Tita Ming
Jack Noli Ross & Mandie