THE Bataan History Society has elected a new set of officers to lead the organization in its mission to preserve and promote the history of the province.
The new officers are Edna Binkowski, president; Dr. Guillermo Roman, vice president; Juan Kristopher D. Angeles, secretary; Mary Claire David-Pena, treasurer; and Cathy Casipe Mejia, Teresita Pizarro, and Butch Gunio, board members.
Binkowski is the author of the bestselling book “Code Name: High Pockets: True Story of Claire Phillips, an American Mata Hari and the World War 2 Resistance Movement in the Philippines and the more recently published “Karel Aster… The Last Czech: The story of the Czechs who served in Bataan during World War Was 2”.
Roman is currently a professor at the Bataan Peninsula State University Graduate School. He was a long-time professor at Philippine Normal University.
Meija is a staffer of the Bataan World War 2 Museum in Balanga City.