Artemio Panganiban

Artemio V. Panganiban (born December 7, 1936), "The Renaissance Jurist of the 21st Century" was the 21st Supreme Court Chief Justice of the Philippines. Panganiban was born on December 7, 1936 in Manila to a poor family. He graduated with "Honorable Mention" at the Juan Luna Elementary School in 1950. He also finished with "Honorable Mention" at the Victorino Mapa High School in 1954. Art was granted a University of the Philippines scholarship, but failed to enroll because his impoverished parents could not afford the then 15-centavo bus ride between Diliman and the family's small rented apartment in Cataluna Street, Sampaloc, Manila. (Nonetheless he was bestowed in 1998 the prized membership in the UP Chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi...