Salvador Araneta

Salvador Araneta y Zaragoza (January 31, 1902 – October 7, 1982)[1] was a Filipino nationalist, constitutionalist, politician, civil servant, lawyer, educator, economist, businessman, industrialist, environmentalist, and philanthropist.

His father was a close colleague of Trinidad Pardo de Tavera since he belonged to the Federalista Party, a group in favor of American annexation of the country.

He also founded FEATI University to train engineers and mechanics for Far Eastern Air Transportation, Inc., the first airline that operated after the war serving China and San Francisco.

He was co-founder of the National Economic Protectionism Association (NEPA),[11] the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM), and the White Cross, an orphanage.

[10] Following the declaration of martial law by President Ferdinand Marcos in 1972, Araneta went on a self-imposed exile in the United States, settling in San Francisco, and later in Canada, particularly in Vancouver.