GUEST OF HONOR AND SPEAKER’S PROFILE
GHS
Damaso E. Bangaoet, Jr.

EDUCATION
  • Bachelor of Laws (Cum Laude), Saint Louis University, 1971
  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA), University of the Philippines (Diliman), 1961
POSITIONS HELD
  • Vice President, John Hay Management Corporation March 2001 to December 2003
  • President, John Hay Poro Point Development Corporation, August 2000- February 2001
  • Executive Vice President, John Hay Poro Point Development Corporation, March 2001- Jan. 2003
  • Vice President, John Hay Poro Point Development Corporation, May 1998 to August 2000
  • Vice President, John Hay Management Corporation, Feb. 2003 to December 2003
  • Managing Director, John Hay Poro Point Development Corporation, January 1997 to April 1998
  • Director, John Hay Poro Point Development Corporation, December 1993 to April 1998
  • Member, Pre- Qualification, Bid and Awards Committee (PBAC) John Hay Bid, 1996
  • Member, John Hay Advisory Council from May 1991-present
  • Active Law practitioner from 1972-1996
  • Faculty member, University of Baguio, 1962-1978
  • Real Estate Broker- 1985 - present
  • Market Analyst, Mercury Laboratories, 1961-1962
EXAMINATIONS TAKEN
  • Passed the BAR examination, 1972
  • Passed the REAL ESTATE BROKERS Examination, 1985
CONCEPTUALIZED, CHAIRED AND IMPLEMENTED THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS
  • Chairman, “Paper in Motion”, A Handmade Paper Arts and Crafts Festival, November 1996
  • Chairman, 1996 Baguio Flower Festival
  • Chairman, 1997 Baguio Flower Festival
  • Chairman, 1998 Baguio Flower Festival
  • Chairman, 1999 Baguio Flower Festival
  • Chairman, 2000 Baguio Flower Festival
  • Chairman, 2001 Baguio Flower Festival
  • Chairman, 2002 Baguio Flower Festival
  • Chairman, Camp John Hay Documentation Project (initiated 1997- present)
  • Photo and Art Exhibit, Camp John Hay. . . A moment in Time, Glorietta, Makati, Manila (1997)
  • Coffee Table Book on John Hay’s history entitled Camp John Hay, How it all began. . . where it is bound, which was launched at the US Ambassador’s Summer Residence in Baguio City on July 2000
  • Project Director, Camp John Hay Historical Core Project, 2003
  • Project Director, Coffee Table Book on the Baguio Flower Festival – Panagbenga; the Birth of a Tradition.
AWARDS/ CITATIONS
  • Most Outstanding Citizen Award of Baguio given on the 1st of September 2002 during the Baguio Foundation Day celebration.
  • Plaque of Recognition from Department of Tourism for having managed and steered the first 7 successful editions of Baguio Flower Festival as the former Chairman of BFF Foundation, Inc., 23 December 2002
  • Vision Award from the City Government of Baguio awarded on the 12th Day of August 2002
PERSONAL
  • Born:
    • Baguio City, Philippines
    • May 31, 1940
    • Height: 5’7" Weight: 180 lbs.
  • Married to:
    • Laurel Contreras-Bangaoet
    • Bsed, CPE, Maed
    • Past Director, Institute of Physical Education, Saint Louis University
    • Past Acting Director, Center of culture and the Arts, Saint Louis University
    • Consultant of the Saint Louis Center For the Culture and Arts
  • Children:
    • Grace May Bangaoet-Bernardo (deceased)
    • BS Psychology (Cum Laude), Saint Louis University
    • Doctor of Medicine, UERMMMC
    • Finished residency program in Pediatrics, Westchester Medical Center, New York
    • Worked as a Pediatrician in Michigan, USA

    • Damaso C. Bangaoet, III
    • BS Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE), Saint Louis University
    • Licensed ECE Engineer
    • Doctor of Medicine, St. Louis University
    • Registered Medical Doctor