The Rotary Balita no. 643 (March 30, 1950).

ROTARIANS AMONG BWP AWARDEES FREDERIC H. STEVENS: TRADE LEADER OF THE YEAR; part president, American Chamber of Commerce; for his consistent and active leadership in uphold. ing the interests of business and private enterprise in the face of government controls. JOHN W. HAUSSERMANN: GOLD PRODUCER OF THE YEAR; head of the Benguet-Balatoc mining interests; for steadily expanding production of the oldest and biggest gold mines in the country and for being instrumental in having the Benguet stock listed as one of the most active on the New York Stock Exchange. RAMON V. DEL ROSARIO: YOUNG BUSINESS MAN OF THE YEAR; who, as manager of the International Business Machines of the Philippines, and president of the Philippine Junior Chamber of Commerce, helped place Philippine business in the world map. JUAN F. NAKPIL: COMMERCIAL-INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR; for having designed several commercial and industrial buildings. PETER LIM: TOBACCO MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR; of La Dicha; for going into the manufacture of American-type cigarettes on a large scale. FRANK LIDDELL: AUTOMOTIVE MAN OF THE YEAR; for leading in the move to expand the automotive industry in the Philippines and putting up a modern reassembly plant. CARLOS PALANCA JR.: WINE MANUFAC TURER OF THE YEAR; general manager, La Tondeña; for building a modern distillery and increasing local liquor production. C. S. GONZALES: REALTOR OF THE YEAR; for actively promoting the real estate business. FRANCISCO T. LOPEZ: MAYON METAL WINDOWS FACTORY; a dollar saving industry. RAFAEL ANTON: MOVIETEC; for providing the technical know-how and facilities responsible for improvements in local movie production. On the Starlit Deck of the Avenue Hotel last week, the young, fast-stepping Business Writers Association of the Philippines ceremoniously ended its 1949 program of activities with a presentation of its second annual business awards to its choice of "outstanding businessmen who made the most contributions in their respective fields of enterprise." Of the 41 chosen top leaders of the local business world for the year 1949, ten are Rotarians (see cuts). Organized in 1947 for purposes of promoting cooperation and better relations among business writers and their news sources, the BWAP has grown rapidly since then, now boasts of eighteen active members composed of shipping editors of leading metropolitan dailies and some editors and staff writers of business magazines. Among the association's early activities were the selection of the best business stories for 1947 and a business opinion poll for the ensuing year 1948. Some of the organization's story selections were given wide acclaim and reprinted in several U.S. publications. This year marked the second annual award dinner by the BWAP. In March of last year the first awards were presented, covering a period of two years. Leading awardees were Col. Andres Soriano and Rotarian Gil J. Puyat for 1947 and 1948 respectively.