George Estrada

George Estrada, Jr. (died October 22, 2010) was born in Manila and came to America at the age of 3 with his mother, Milagros Estrada. He grew up in Oakland, California. He earned a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and was a reporter and columnist with the Oakland Tribune from 1976 to 1992, and a correspondent with the Associated Press in 2005, and also a freelance columnist with the Philippine Times of Las Vegas and California Examiner in 2001-2008.
Education
George attended Fruitvale Elementary School in Oakland, California in the early 1960s, then Fremont High School in Oakland, California where he earned his letter-man jacket as a member of the varsity tennis team. He was also a member of high school drama club and performed as a lead roles in several productions such as the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz. In college Estrada attended Laney College and the University of California, Berkeley, earning the Bachelors Degree in Psychology. Later on Estrada found a Kiplinger Program to pursue his dreams and went to Ohio State University to earned his MA in Journalism] followed to that Estrada received the highest degree award graduate in Doctor of Philosophy Ph.D in Journalism at the University of Texas in Austin.
Career
Estrada was a reporter and columnist for The Oakland Tribune from 1976 to 1992. In 2005, he was a reporter with the Associated Press. He was a freelance columnist and reporter on the "Filipino American experience" for the Philippine Times of Las Vegas and the California Examiner.
Estrada was a tenured professor in the journalism faculty at Humboldt State University from 1997 to 2010. He was named a professor emeritus upon his retirement. He advised the award-winning Osprey Magazine and online Humboldt Travel Journal, a student-edited journal. He authored two books about the Philippines, the Pulitzer Prize nominee I have Tasted the Sweet mangoes of Cebu and As Flip As I want To Be: Ruminations on the Filipino American Experience. He also wrote several scholarly works.
Estrada composed original music; he performed and produced a music CD, "Scratching the Itch", in collaboration with his long-time friend Jim Caroompas under the name Los Dos. He showcased several music videos on MTV in the 1980s.
Death
Estrada died in 2010 as a result of pancreatic cancer.
Further reading
* Seattle Times
* Antics of "Dennis the Menace" back in print
* San Francisco
* Oakland Tribune
* The Lumberjack Online

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