DELFIN MONTANO
The second son of Justiniano N. Montano of
Amayang Tanza, and the former Ligaya Nazareno of Naik, Delfin was born in
1927. He took up law at the Manila Law College,
but after the first year he shifted to agro-industrial studies in the United
States where he took up farm management, cooperative marketing, fertilizer
application, canning processes, storage of farm products, and public
administration.
Although he had little
inclination for politics, he reluctantly ran for governor of Cavite in 1956,
and stayed on the job for the next 15 years, certainly the most productive
years of his life.
Returning to private life at the
end of his fourth term as governor, Delfin became vice-president and general
manager of Continental Airways Corporation since 1972; a top official of Tres
Cruces Agro-Industrial Corporation since 1974; consultant, Playland Makers,
Inc. since 1975; consultant, Ligaya Agricultural Corporation since 1972; and
director, Cavite Development Bank since 1976.
Delfin’s previous positions
included the following: vice-president and general manager of Ligaya Farms,
1952-1955; chairman and general manager, Communications and Electricity
Development Authority (CEDA), 1958-1960; and consultant, CEDA, 1960-1971.
A civic leader, Delfin was at
one time or another president of the Cavite City Junior Chamber of Commerce;
chairman, League of provincial Governors and City Mayors; president, Cavite Gun
and Country Club; president, Cavite chapter of the Boy Scouts of the
Philippines; and chairman, Cavite chapter of the Philippine National Red Cross.
[Sources: (1) Isidro I. Retizos,
“The Durable Montanos,“ Weekly Nation,
July 15, 1968; and (2) Biodata furnished by Governor Remulla’s office.]