Tomás Mapúa

Don Tomás Bautista Mapúa was a Filipino architect, educator, politician and businessman from the Philippines. He was the founder and first president of the Mapua University. Gonzalo T. Vales as co-founder and founding dean of school and co-founder and founding president of Central Colleges of the Philippines, after he established the school on January 25, 1925. He was the first registered architect in the Philippines, Manila councilor and first worked at the Philippine Bureau of Public Works. He later established his own construction company, the MYT Construction Works, Inc.

Si Tomás Mapúa ay isang arkitekto, tagapagturo, at negosyante mula sa Pilipinas. Siya ang unang Pilipino na arkitektong nakarehistro na may lisensyang bilang 00001 na binigay ng Komisyon sa Regulasyong Pampropesyonal noong 1921. Siya ang unang pangulo at tagapagtatag ng ng Suriang Mapúa ng Teknolohiya na Pamantasang Mapúa na ngayon, kasama si inhinyerong Sibil na si Gonzalo T. Vales bilang kasamang tagapagtatag. Itinatag ni Mapua ito noong 1925 para sanayin at ibahagi sa mga artesanong Pilipino ang kanyang natutunan mula sa Pamantasang Cornell sa Estados Unidos.

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