Clare Baltazar | |
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 Official portrait as National Scientist,National Academy of Science and Technology | |
| Born | Clare Rilloraza Baltazar (1927-11-01)November 1, 1927 |
| Died | July 13, 2024(2024-07-13) (aged 96) San Fernando, La Union, Philippines |
| Resting place | Manila Memorial Park – Sucat |
| Alma mater | University of the Philippines(BSA) University of Wisconsin(MS,PhD) |
| Awards | National Scientist of the Philippines (2001) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Systematic entomology economic entomology |
Clare Rilloraza Baltazar (November 1, 1927 – July 13, 2024) was a Filipina entomologist. She specialized in systematic entomology andeconomic entomology. Through her research on PhilippineHymenoptera, Baltazar discovered eight previously undescribed genera and 108 species ofparasitic wasps. Her work on Hymenoptera was important to futurebiological pest control in the Philippines. She was named aNational Scientist of the Philippines in 2001.
Clare Rilloraza Baltazar was born on November 1, 1927,[1] inSan Fernando, La Union.[2]
Baltazar began her studies at theUniversity of the Philippines in 1943. She earned aBSAsumma cum laude in entomology in 1947. She then studiedeconomic entomology at theUniversity of Wisconsin, earning an MS in 1950. She studied in the United States from 1955 to 1957 through a two-year fellowship from theBureau of Plant Industry, Manila.[3] She studied at N.C. State College before earning her PhD in systematic entomology from the University of Wisconsin in 1957.[4]
Baltazar started a catalogue of PhilippineHymenoptera in 1950. During her studies in the United States from 1955 to 1957, she completed a large portion of the catalogue, which was published in 1966.[3] In 1957, she received the first of twoGuggenheim Fellowships for the preparation and publishing of the work. She conducted postdoctoral research at theSmithsonian Institution in 1965 and 1966 through the second fellowship.[4] The 1966 monograph,A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera, included 235 entries for species of ants.[5]
Through her research on Philippine Hymenoptera, Baltazar discovered eight previously undescribed genera, one subgenus, and 108 species ofparasitic wasps. Her work on Hymenoptera was an important precursor to futurebiological pest control in the Philippines.[6]
In 1979, she wrotePhilippine Insects: An Introduction, the first authoritative textbook on insects of the Philippines.[7]
Baltazar died inSan Fernando, La Union on July 13, 2024, at the age of 96.[8] A state necrological service was held for her at theDOST compound on July 18.[9] This included a requiem mass presided byNational Scientist Fr.Bienvenido Nebres. Her remains were accorded a state funeral and were buried in theManila Memorial Park – Sucat.
Baltazar received the Jose Rizal Pro Patria Award from the President of the Philippines in 1980. In 1981, the Philippine Association of Entomologists presented her with the L. B. Uichanco Memorial Award for the Most Outstanding Entomologist. The alumni association of theUniversity of the Philippines College of Agriculture granted her a Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1984.[10] A hybrid ofHibiscus rosa-sinensis was named for her in 2000,Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Clare R. Baltazar'.[11]
She was named aNational Scientist of the Philippines in 2001.[1]
Baltazar described 108 species of parasitic wasps endemic to the Philippines.[12] She also described the following genera:
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