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Roman Kintanar | |
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| Born | June 13, 1929 |
| Died | May 6, 2007(2007-05-06) (aged 77) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Meteorology |
Roman Lucero KintanarPh.D. (June 13, 1929 – May 6, 2007) was ascientist in the field ofmeteorology.
Kintanar was born inCebu City,Philippines. Kintanar received hisBachelor of Science in Physics at theUniversity of the Philippines[which?] in 1951 before earning a Ph.D. at theUniversity of Texas[which?]. He was a member of theUpsilon Sigma Phi fraternity.
Kintanar started out as a weather observer in 1948. On August 1, 1958, he was appointed as the Director of the Weather Bureau, later named thePhilippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), at the age of 29, the youngest person to hold such a position in Filipino Government service, and stayed in that position for almost 40 years. During his tenure as the head of PAGASA, Kintanar was appointed Third Vice-President of WMO in 1978 before becoming the President of the eighthWorld Meteorological Organization (WMO) congress in 1979, and was re-elected for another four-year term as the President of the WMO on 1983.
Kintanar died of cancer on May 6, 2007, at his residence inQuezon City. An asteroid (6636 Kintanar) was named after him in 2007 for his contributions to the science of meteorology.