Jose Cabalum Sr.
Filipino writer
Jose Cabalum Sr. (March 20, 1915—August 18, 2006) was a Filipino educator and founder of the Cabalum Western College in Iloilo City.
Early life
Jose Diel Cabalum Sr. was born on March 20, 1915, to Catalina Ginete Diel and Eustaquio Cabalum in Sabang, Barrio Lublub, Dumangas, Iloilo. He married Jovita Cabitlas of Zarraga, Iloilo on April 26, 1939, and had five children.
Education
The young Jose took courses in typewriting, stenography and bookkeeping at Iloilo Gregg College and at Iloilo Business School, and graduated on such courses in 1935 at Manila Gregg College. He studied high school at Central Philippine University, finishing in 1938. He continued his tertiary education in the same school and took B.S. in Commerce, Major in Accounting and graduated in 1950. Imbued by his desire for intellectual growth and advancement, he continued his studies and earned professional education units from the University of San Agustin in 1956. He then studied law in the University of Iloilo, earning his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1960.
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