Eugenio Lopez, Sr.

Don Eugenio Hofilea Lpez, Sr. also known as Eing Lpez and Don Eugenio was leading figure in the Philippines. Dubbed as the Father of Philippine Television, he was founder of the Manila Chronicle and Chronicle Broadcasting Network, now the ABSCBN Broadcasting Corporation. He is part of the prominent Lpez family of Iloilo, one of the leading political families in the Philippines, and owners of the Lopez Group of Companies.

He was born as Eugenio Hofilea Lpez on July 20, 1901 in Jaro, Iloilo City. His parents were Benito Lpez, a former governor of Iloilo, and Presentacin Hofilea. He is the elder brother of former Philippine Vice President Fernando Lopez. He received his education at the Ateneo de Manila University where he graduated in 1919, and later the University of the Philippines where he took up law and graduated in 1923. He earned his master of laws degree from Harvard University.

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