Carlos P. Romulo (1898 - 1985) had a career that spanned seven decades. He was a WW2 General, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, a signatory of the United Nations Charter, and the Philippines’ leading diplomat. Here are random vignettes—moments—from his life. Write to us if you’d like to read about a specific time in his life. We’d love to hear from you.

An impassioned 1945 broadcast about the suffering of Filipinos via the US Office of War Information. The resulting film was used to convict Emperor Hirohito and other Japanese leaders.

Since its founding, ASEAN has succeeded in becoming one of the most successful regional alliances in maintaining peace and avoiding conflicts.

It was at this significant juncture, early in 1938, that Carlos Romulo, publisher of The Philippines Herald, sat down privately with Franklin D. Roosevelt

Carlos Romulo’s admiration of Manuel L. Quezon was nothing short of hero worship.

In 1922, a young Carlos Romulo was handpicked by his boss, Don Manuel Earnshaw, to be the King Consort to that year’s Queen: Virginia Vidal Llamas.

Romulo’s father, Gregorio, fought for Philippine independence against Spain and, until surrender, America.

After ten years as our ambassador to the United States, Carlos P. Romulo announced in 1962 that he was going home.

On the morning of July 23, 1919, he boarded the Japanese ship S.S. Suwa Maru as a government-sponsored pensionado on his way to attend Columbia University.