The Past Leaders of Quezon City: Roxas

THE NICANOR ROXAS ADMINISTRATION
May 4, 1949 – April 4, 1950
On May 4, 1949, Assistant Executive Secretary Nicanor Roxas was sworn into office as acting Mayor of Quezon City by Speaker Eugenio Perez.

Roxas was the third child of Segundo Roxas and Nemecia Atanacio. He was born on January 10, 1899, in San Roque, marikina, Rizal. He taught in the public schools of Rizal immediately after graduating from high school. At the same time, he studied law at the University of Santo Tomas, obtaining his law degree in 1922 and his masters of laws in 1926.

One of the most significant events that happened during Mayor Roxas term was the inauguration of Quezon City as the National Capital of the Philippines on October 22, 1949. The ground was broken at the site of the national government center in the national capitol building at Constitution Hill.

The welcome arch at the Rotonda marking the boundary between Manila and Quezon City was also built. It was also in the same year that the construction of the Roxas Homesite, originally called Project One, was started

excerpts from http://www.qcpubliclibrary.org/qcmanuscript.php#roxas_administration