In Memoriam: 56th Death Anniversary of Jose P. Laurel

Today November 6, 2015 marks the 56^th Death Anniversary of Jose P. Laurel, President of the Philippines under the Second Philippine Republic. Laurel served as Secretary of the Interior in 1923; senator of the 5th Senatorial District (Batangas, Mindoro, Tayabas, Cavite, and Marinduque) from 1925 to 1931; delegate to the 1934 Constitutional Convention; associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1936 to 1941; commissioner of justice from 1942 to 1943; and president of the 1943 Preparatory Committee on Philippine Independence. President Jose P. Laurel is also the founder of the Lyceum of the Philippines (now Lyceum of the Philippines University).