Dr. Prospero R.

Covar
In his pioneering research study on the Watawat ng Lahi, a millenarian social
movement founded in 1936 in Calamba, in his native province of Laguna, he
found such worldview among its leaders and members, which they gained
from worship experiences for their home-grown cult hero Gat Jose Rizal. For
his valuable contribution to local knowledge production in Anthropology and
guiding light to the new generation of social scientists, Prof. Covar was given
recognition by, among others, the Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang
Pilipino (1981); Order of Knights of Rizal Supreme Council on the Noli Me
Tangere Centennial Celebration(1987); Philippine Centennial Commission-
Office of thePresident (1999); National Historical Institute (2001); Unyon ng
mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL) (2000). He also received the Gawad Lope K. Santos from the Sentro
ng Wikang Filipino (1998), and The Outstanding alumni award from the University of Arizona (2001).

Mary Racelis:
Mary's exemplary work in UNICEF then led Executive Director James Grant
in 1983 to offer her the position of UNICEF Regional Director, Eastern and
Southern Africa, based in Kenya. When she countered that she had little
experience in Africa compared to Asia, he replied, "You studied
Anthropology didn't you? I want a leader like you who understands culture
and social change in Africa." How could she refuse? Nine years in Africa
exposed her to diverse cultures and ethnic communities in the 24 countries
of the region. Many had been the subjects of ethnographic monographs
during her Cornell days. Initially, as she met with high-level government
officials, NGOs, academics and people organizations to help them design and carry out programs for
children, she would think secretly to herself, "Anthropology at Cornell taught me about your tribal kinship
systems and sexual mores. But it didn't teach me about promoting national development in the 1980s!"

Melba Padilla Maggay

Melba Padilla Maggayis a writer and a social anthropologist. She holds a doctorate in
Philippine Studies, a masteral degree in English Literature, and a first degree in Mass
Communication. A specialist in intercultural communication, she was Research Fellow
on the subject at the University of Cambridge under the auspices of Tyndale House,
applying it to the question of culture and theology. She has lectured on this and other
cross-cultural issues worldwide, including a stint as Northrup Visiting Professor at Hope
College, Michigan and Visiting Lecturer at All Nations Christian College in England.
Auguste Comte
BIRTH
Auguste Comte was born January 20, 1798 (according to the Revolutionary calendar then
used in France).
DEATH
He died of cancer on September 5, 1857.
EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
Auguste Comte was born in Montpellier, France. After attending the Lyce Joffre and then
the University of Montpellier, Comte was admitted to the cole Polytechnique in Paris.

August Comte is known as the founder of positivism and is credited with coininging the
term sociology. Comte helped shape and expand the field of sociology and placed a great
deal of emphasis in his work on systematic observation and social order.

Karl Marx,
Karl Marx, born May 5, 1818, is considered one of the founding thinkers of sociology, along
with mile Durkheim, Max Weber, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Harriet Martineau. Though he lived
and died before sociology was a discipline in its own right, his writings as a political-
economis t provided a still deeply important foundation for theorizing the relationship
between economy and political power. In this post, we honor Marx's birth by celebrating
some of his most important contributions to sociology. Karl Marx is one of the most
famous figures in the founding of sociology. He is known for his theory of historical
materialism, which focuses on the way social order, like class structure and hierarchy,
emerges out of the economic system of a society. He theorized this relationship as a
dialectic between the base and superstructure of society. Some of his notable works, like
"The Manifesto of the Communist Party," were co-written with Friedrich Engels.

Karl Emil Maximilian "Max" Weber

Karl Emil Maximilian "Max" Weber, one of the founding thinkers of sociology , died at the
young age of 56. Though his life was short, his influence has been long and thrives today.
His various works have been cited over 171,000 times! Were Weber alive in 2017, we would
be celebrating his 153rd birthday.Born in 1864 in Erfurt, Province of Saxony, in the Kingdom
of Prussia (now Germany), Max Weber went on to become one of the most important
sociologists in history. In this article, you will learn about his early schooling in Heidelberg,
his pursuit of a Ph.D. in Berlin, and how his academic work intersected with political
activism later in his life. Born in 1864 in Erfurt, Province of Saxony, in the Kingdom of Prussia
(now Germany), Max Weber went on to become one of the most important sociologists in
history. In this article, you will learn about his early schooling in Heidelberg, his pursuit of
a Ph.D. in Berlin, and how his academic work intersected with political activism later in
his life.
Condoleezza "Condi" Rice
Condoleezza "Condi" Rice (/kndliz/; born November 14,
1954) is an American political scientist and diplomat. She served as
the 66th United States Secretary of State, the second person to hold
that office in the administration of President George W. Bush. Rice was
the first female African-American Secretary of State, as well as
the second African-American Secretary of State (after Colin Powell),
and the second female Secretary of State (after Madeleine Albright).
Rice was President Bush's National Security Advisorduring his first
term, making her the first woman to serve in that position.
Condoleezza "Condi" Rice is an American political scientist and
diplomat. She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, and was the second person to hold that
office in the administration of President George W. Bush. Rice was the first female African-American
secretary of state, as well as the second African American secretary of state, and the second female
secretary of state. Rice was President Bush's National Security Advisor.

Barack Obama
Barack Obama, not only studied Law as a postgraduate but went
on to teach constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School for
twelve years until 2004, while also working as a civil rights attorney.
Obamas election as the first black president of the Harvard Law Review
lead him to appear in the national press for the first time and from there
he wrote his autobiography, Dreams from My Father.
Obamas experience of working as a community organiser, then a law
professor and civil rights attorney, seems like the perfect apprenticeship
for politics. Being a community organiser is about politics at its most
fundamental grassroots level: engaging people about what could be
improved in their community and getting it changed, which can involve
mobilising people who previously didnt believe change to be achievable.

Washington Irving
The writer Washington Irving is probably now best known for his
short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. He was a
keen writer from an early age, but wasnt much of a student. Studying law in
the early 19th century USA didnt necessarily require attending a university:
Irving studied privately with Judge Josiah Ogden Hoffman, a lawyer and
politician. He barely passed the bar in 1806, but apparently Hoffman didnt
hold it against him, as Irving became engaged to Hoffmans daughter a couple
of years later (though she died before the marriage could take place). From
1809 onwards, Irving tried to make a living through writing, rather than
through Law. His training in Law proved not to be entirely useless to him,
however. There was no international copyright law at the time, and like many
writers Irving lost sales through pirated versions of his books.