Adolfo Azcuna

Adolfo Sevilla Azcuna is a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2002 to 2009. He was appointed to the Court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on October 24, 2002. As of November 2019 he was the Chancellor of the Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA), having been appointed to that position by the Supreme Court of the Philippines on June 1, 2009. The Court granted the title of “Chancellor Emeritus” upon Ascuna who served until May 31, 2021. He was succeeded by Arturo Brion who served for 2 years and was replaced by Rosmari Carandang as the fourth Chancellor who took her oath on February 23, 2022.

16 February 1939

Born on the same birth day (16 February): Bradford Parkinson • Chester Morris • Cyril Vincent • Eric Byrnes • Ian Clarke (computer scientist) • Ignatius Ganago • Jean Behra • Jerry Owens • Krishnadevaraya • Sergio Canales • Wasim Jaffer • Wayne King

Born in the same month (February 1939): Barry Mann • Brian Luckhurst • Chuck Wepner • Claude Ake • Deolinda Rodrigues • Erin Pizzey • Gerry Goffin • Herbert Kohler Jr. • Jamal Nazrul Islam • Janet Suzman • Jose Maria Sison • Lee Shaffer • Mahala Andrews • Peter Revson • Ray Manzarek • Razzy Bailey