Manuel Camus
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Manuel Camus | |
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.jpg) Camus in 1916 | |
| Senator of the Philippines from the 12th district | |
| In office July 14, 1928 – June 2, 1931 | |
| Appointed by | Henry L. Stimson |
| Preceded by | José Alejandrino |
| Succeeded by | Jamalul Kiram II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 16, 1875 |
| Died | December 22, 1949 (aged 74) Santa Mesa, Manila, Philippines |
| Resting place | Mount Carmel Shrine, Quezon City |
| Party | Nacionalista |
Manuel Roxas Camus (October 16, 1875 – December 22, 1949) was a lawyer and a Philippine senator.
Camus completed his education in Singapore and returned to the Philippines in 1899 to serve as an interpreter and translator for the Provost Marshal General of the United States Army.[1]
Career
From 1928 to 1931, Camus served as a senator in the Philippine Senate.[2]
A lawyer by profession, he held position in numerous private and public offices : Partner, Dizon and Zavalla; acting honorary consul for Peru; Vice-president, Gold Rock Mining Co.; member, board of directors, Federated Management and Investment Syndicate; member, Anti-Usury Board; president, El Hogar Filipino; scout commissioner, Philippine Council, Boy Scouts of America; director, Metropolitan Theater Co.; president, national committee, Y.M.C.A. of the Philippine Islands; chairman, disaster relief committee, Philippine Red Cross (American National Red Cross); member, American Bar Association; president, Community Publishers, Inc.; and president, executive committee, Greater Manila Civic League.
He was a charter member (1936) and the president and chief scout of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines in 1945 to 1949.
