Auntie Mildred made a biodata about grandpa, He really lived a full meaningful life yet always wanted to learn more up until the end.
“Attached is Dad’s unedited biodata. Kindly edit, add or delete items.
Catalino P. Arafiles’ Biodata
1. Birth Date: April 9. 1924
2. Parents: Gavino Arafiles & Elena Perez Arafiles
3. Siblings:
a. Inez Dulay
b. Quintin Arafiles
c. Remedios Baltazar
d. Maria Ragasa
e. Pedro Arafiles
4. Wife: Consuelo P. Arafiles
5. Children:
a. Maj. Virgilio P. Arafiles/ Francia Mira
i. Ma. Angelica A. Robertson/ Keith Robertson
ii. Victor A. Arafiles
b. Dr. Ruben P. Arafiles/ Dr. Naia Balbastro
i. Rebecca Arafiles
ii. Ruben Arafiles, Jr.
c. Dr. Mildred P. Arafiles-Reyes/ Jesse P. Reyes
d. Catalino P. Arafiles, Jr./ Lourdes Martin
i. Florence Claribel Arafiles
ii. Clarissa M. Arafiles
e. SE. Jaime P. Arafiles/ Evelyn Calixto
i. Jimuelle C. Arafiles
ii. Jileny Marie Arafiles
f. Ferdinand P. Arafiles/ Kelly Ball
6. Education:
a. Elementary: Caoayan Elementary School
b. High School: Tamag High School, Salutatorian
c. College:
i. Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of the Philippines, unfinished due to war
ii. B.S. Meteorology, MIT, Boston, MA., 1950
iii. B.S. Electrical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, Feati University
iv. Masters Degree in Physics at Ontario, Canada, 1962
v. Post Graduate Studies , Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 1969
7. Employers:
a. Self-employed farmer until 1946
b. Clark Air Base, Pampanga at 15-1 Air Weather Service of the 13th Air Force, 1951-1952
c. Philippine Weather Bureau, now PAGASA, 1952 to 1989, rose from rank and file, and served finally as Director of NIAGAS(National Institute of Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services), a branch of PAGASA
d. Consultant, PAGASA, 1989 to 1997
8. Achievements:
a. He was sent around the world to represent the Philippines for Meteorological Advancement of PAGASA
b. He was regarded as a very important factor in various decision policy making in the administration of PAGASA
c. Third Society President, Philippine Meteorological Society, 1984-1989, recognized as one of the founders of PMS
d. Awards: The following are some of the awards we were able to collect from his memors. There are a lot more but we did not have enough time to locate them
i. Sept. 19, 1967, Superior Honor Award, given by the Department of Commerce, awarded to him personally by President Ferdinand Marcos at Luneta Grandstand. The award reads : For many important contributionstowards the improvement of the Visual Storm Warning Signal System for valuable help, suggestions and foresight resulting in the adoption by the weather bureau of an updated method of processing and the presentation of rainfall intensitydata, and generally for productive leadership and initiative in that field of endeavor which seeks to minimize by early and accurate weather information, the great loss of property and human lives brought annually in this country by typhoons.
ii. Sept. 1975, Plaque of Appreciation, given by Office of the President of the Philippines, Inter-Agency Committee, which reads as follows: In recognition to his invaluable contributions to Inter-bureau Mobile Seminars, ecological inputs on Resource Managament, Aug. 1973-Sept. 1975.
iii. Dec. 16, 1984, Plaque of Appreciation, given by Civic Action of Radio Enthusiasts, which reads as: In grateful acknowledgement for his invaluable support & participation as speaker on the Seminar Workshop on Interpretation of Weather Map & Storm Warning held at the UNC Seminar Hall on Dec. 16, 1984.
iv. March 23, 1985, Achievement Award, given by National Research Council of the Philippines, which reads as: In recognition of his Significant Contributions as a Scientist & Administratorin the field of Atmospheric Sciences.
v. April 7, 1989, Achievement Award given by PAGASA, which reads as: For his distinguished outstanding loyal & dedicated service in the Philippine Civil Service for introducing modern concepts in Meteorology particularly in Hydro-Meteorology & Oceanography and for his significant role in the development of the Philippine Meteorological Service that earned its distinction in various international and national for a.
vi. Dec. 21, 1989, Plaque of appreciation, given by Pambansang Pangasiwaan ng Agham at Teknolohiya (National Administration of Science and Technology), ang Pangasiwaan ng Lingkuran sa Atmosphera, Heopisika at Astronomiya sa Pilipinas, which reads as: Bilang mataas na pagkilala sa kanyang matapat, marubdub at masugid na paglilingkod sa pamahalaan sa loob ng 39 taon.
vii. March 23, 2001, Founding Father Award, given by Philippine Meteorological Society, in celebration of World Meteorological Day, which reads as: For exemplary performance of his duties and responsibilities as one of the founders and energetic President of the society for having made key contributions to the achievements of the society’s objectives and purposes for exerting his selfless and untiring efforts in bringing and putting the society to where and what it is now and for having demonstrated good leadership, unquestionable commitment, dedication and integrity to the pursuit of public service in the field of meteorology for the government and other sectors of the society for the national and sustainable development.
viii. In world War II, he also served our country, the Philippines, as a guerilla leader in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, 1944
e. Some Scientific Journals he authored:
i. 1. C. P. Arafiles, “Tropical Cyclone Coastal Impact,” Chapter 12, Proceedings of the WMO International Workshop on Tropical Cyclones (IWTC), Tropical Meteorology Programme Report Series, Report #21, Bangkok, 25 Nov to 5 Dec 1985, pp 99-111.
2. C. P. Arafiles, J. G. delas Alas, R. P. Encarnation, “A Simple Numerical Model for Storm Surge Prediction,” Proceedings of the Joint International Conference on Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Philippine Meteorological Society and American Meteorological Society, Manila, 18-22 Mar 1985, pp 285-302.”
-Mildred P. Arafiles-Reyes
