Associate Justice Jose B. L. Reyes


Tenure: June 30, 1954 - August 19, 1972
Appointed by: Magsaysay

Birthdate: August 19, 1902
Died: December 27, 1994
Place of Birth: Manila

Education:

1. Elementary : Ateneo
2. Secondary : Ateneo
3. Associate in Business (magna cum laude), Ateneo
4. Bachelor of Law, University of the Philippines,
5. 6th Placer, Bar Exam in 1922 (took his oath a year later for being under-age)
6. Special Legal Studies, Universidad Central, Madrid, 1929
7. Master of Law, University of Santo Tomas
8. Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa, Ateneo de Manila, 1971
9. Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University of the Philippines, 1972
10. Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, San Beda University, 1975

Professional Career:

1. First Assistant Solicitor General, 1940
2. Professor of Law at U.P. and different law colleges in Manila
3. Associate Justice, Court of Appeals, 1946
4. Presiding Justice, Court of Appeals
5. Associate Justice, Supreme Court, 1954

Awards:

1. Order of Kalantiao, 1975
2. Most Distinguished Law Alumnus, University of the Philippines, 1972, 1975
3. Distinguished Alumnus, UST, 1974