Tomás Mapúa

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Tomas Bautista Mapúa was the first registered Filipino architect. He was one of the first Filipino scholars sent by the government to the United States during the American regime. He finished high school at Boone's Preparatory School in Berkeley, California, and graduated from Cornell University in 1911 with a degree in Architecture. Among his works include the Manila City Hall, Post Office Building, and the St. La Salle Hall. He founded the Mapúa Institute of Technology, one of the biggest engineering schools in the Philippines today, using a run-down building in Carriedo Street on Quiapo, Manila in January 25, 1925. He died on December 22, 1965. Misrecordia Street in Sta. Cruz, Manila was renamed to Tomas Mapua Street in his honor.