The Resume of Dr. Jose P. Rizal

Today is the 152nd birth anniversary of the Philippine national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal.
If he were alive today, at 35 years old, his resume would look like this:

Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda
Rizal Shrine, Calamba, Laguna
0915-5774925 / joserizal@gmail.com

35 years old                          4'11"                           Single
June 19, 1861                       100 lbs.                       Filipino

JOB OBJECTIVES: to contribute to the nationalism and patriotism of the Filipino people; to inspire the Filipino youth of today

EDUCATION:                               Eye specialization course (1887)
                                                   University of Heidelberg

                                                   Philosophy and Letters (1885)
                                                   Universidad Central de Madrid

                                                   Licentiate in Medicine (1884)
                                                   Universidad Central de Madrid

                                                   Opthalmology units
                                                   University of Santo Tomas

                                                   Philosophy and Letters units
                                                   University of Santo Tomas

                                                   Land Surveyor & Assessor
                                                   Ateneo Municipal de Manila

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• founder, La Liga Filipina, 1892
• editor, La Solidaridad
• clinical assistant, Dr. L. de Weckert's clinic, France

ORGANIZATIONS/AFFILIATIONS:

• La Liga Filipina
• Berlin Ethnographical Society
• Berlin Anthropological Society
• Gran Oriente de Espana, Acacia Lodge No. 9 (Freemason, 1884)

PUBLICATIONS:

• Mi Ultimo Adios, 1898
• various essays, allegories, poems and editorials in La Solidaridad
• El Filibusterismo, 1891
• Noli Me Tangere, 1887
• annotations on Antonio de Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas

PAINTINGS:

• Dapita church curtains, oil, 1894
• Christ crucified, crayon, 1875
• Spanish coat of arms, water color, 1867
• Allegory on a pair of porcelain bases of the new year celebration, oil, 1886
• Portrait of Morayta, crayon, 1885
• Immaculate Conception, crayon
• Saturnina Rizal, oil
• A painting on a pair of mother-of-pearl, oil

SKETCHES:

• Japan sketches, ink, 1888
• Room in which El Filibusterismo was begun, crayon, 1887
• Pencil sketch of Dr. Blumentritt, pencil, 1886
• Monkey and the Tortoise, ink, 1886
• Brooklyn Bridge, pencil, 1886
• Limang Salita, ink, 1886
• Notas Clinicas, ink, 1885
• SS Djemnah, pencil, 1882
• Manila, pencil, 1882
• Singapore lighthouse, ink or pencil, 1882
• Along Suez Canal, ink or pencil, 1882
• Castle of St. ELmo, ink or pencil, 1882
• Aden, ink or pencil, 1882
• Fishes caught in Dapitan, ink
• Noli Me Tangere cover, ink
• Father Pablo Pastells
• Leonor Rivera, crayon
• Segunda Katigbak, ink
• Sulpakan, ink
• Mt. Makiling

POEMS:

• A las flores del Heidelberg
• To the Philippines
• Our Mother Tongue
• Memories of My Town
• Hymn to Labor
• Kundiman
• A Poem that Has No Title
• Song of Maria Clara
• To the Philippines Youth
• To Josephine
• Education Gives Luster to the Motherland
• To the Virgin Mary
• Sa Aking Mga Kabata

SCULPTURE:

• Josephone Bracken (medallion), wood, 1896
• Josephine sleeping, plaster, 1896
• Father Jose Guerrico (bust), clay, 1894
• Oyang Dapitana, clay, 1894
• Sacred heart of Jesus, terra cotta, 1894
• Mother's Revenge, clay, 1894
• Dr. Ricardo Carnicero, clay, 1893
• St. Paul the Hermit, clay, 1893
• The Triumph of Death Over Life, clay, 1890
• The Triumph of Science Over Death, clay, 1890
• Dr. Francisco Mercado (bust), wood, 1888
• Augustus Ceasar, clay, 1888
• Julius Ceasar, clay, 1888
• Sacred Heart of Jesus, wood, 1877
• Felix Pardo de Tavera
• Image of Virgin Mary, wood
• Orate Frantes, wax
• San Antonio de Padua, clay
• Gen. Blanco (bust), ivory

SKILLS: sketching, sculpting, painting, farming, poetry and creative writing, martial arts, fencing, pistol shooting

OTHER SUBJECTS OF INTEREST: architecture, cartography, economics, ethnology, anthropology, sociology, history, photography, theology

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Malayan, Portuguese, Russian, Sanskrit, Spanish, and Filipino (Tagalog, Ilokano, Bisayan, and Subanon)

CHARACTER REFERENCES:

• Ferdinand Blumentritt, Secondary School Principal, Austria
• Dr, L. de Weckert, oculist, France

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