I MARRIED A NEWSPAPER MAN

BY: Maria Luna Lopez

Maria Luna Lopez was born in manila and took

Her B.S.E degree from the university of the

Philippines

-She was valedictorian of her highschool

Class and was one of the topnotchers in the first general civil service

Examinations required for teachers in public school, when she served

Briefly as model teacher.

She later taught at the Manila Central University and at the Far Eastern

University before joining her husband-writer diplomat,and educator

Salvador P. Lopez- to share his diplomatic duties abroad, which lasted

over two decades-first as the Philippine delegate to the united Nations

and subsequently, as ambassador to several European countries and to

the United States.

She continued to her husband’s duty when S. P. Lopez became

president of the University of the Philippines in 1969, graciously filling

the position of First Lady of the University.

Her “Sand in the Palms and Other Essays” (1976) is a compilation of

her published essays,articles and travel notes in both.

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