Preamble
WHEREAS, Dr. Patrick B. Connon, otherwise known in educational circles as Brother H. Gabriel Connon, FSC, an American citizen, has expressed his sincere desire to become a Filipino citizen; Whereas, during his twenty (20) years' residence in the Philippines, he has served the Filipino people in various fields of human endeavor, not only in the field of education in which he has played a prominent role as President of De La Salle College, Manila (1950-59), (3967-70), and (1970), and extended its high educational standards by founding De La Salle Colleges in other parts of the country, established a training college which produced the first Filipino De La Salle Brothers, raised the standard of excellence in private schools through the creation of the Philippine Accreditation Association for Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU), but also in civic, social and economic activities of the Government for the welfare and spiritual uplift of the Filipino people, including his active participation in charity drives and programs of the Government and in the establishment of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) (1968-70), a much-needed full-time Graduate Studies Program for Business Management in the country; all of which endeavors showed and show his deep interest in and concern for the welfare the Filipino; and Whereas, the service so unselfishly rendered by the, said Brother H. Gabriel Connon, FSC, makes him worthy of becoming a citizen of the Philippines entitled to all the rights and privileges conferred by such citizenship: Now, therefore,