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- BS Chemistry,
University of the Philippines, 1930
- Ph. D. (Biophysical
Chemistry), Iowa State University, 1940
Year elected as Academician: 1981
Year
conferred as National Scientist: 1986
Dr. Banzon has done a great deal of work on local
materials especially coconut as the renewable source
of chemicals and fuels. His work on the production of
ethyl esters from sugarcane and coconut is the first
study on fuels from these crops. He also devised some
novel processes noteworthy among these is the
extraction of residual coconut oil by chemical, rather
than by physical processes
For these and many more significant scientific works,
Dr. Banzon has been accorded honors and citations
notably: Distinguished Service Award, Integrated
Chemist of the Philippines, Inc. (1980), Chemist of
the Year Award, Professional Regulation Commission
(1978) and the PHILSUGIN Award for research, Crop
Society of the Philippines, 1976.
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