Editing Ferdinand Marcos (section)

==Education==
Marcos studied law at the [[University of the Philippines Manila|University of the Philippines]] (UP) in [[Manila]], attending the [[University of the Philippines College of Law|College of Law]]. He excelled in both curricular and extra-curricular activities, joining the university's swimming, boxing, and wrestling teams. He was an accomplished [[Public speaking|orator]], debater, and writer for the student newspaper. While attending the UP College of Law, he joined [[Upsilon Sigma Phi]], where he met his future colleagues in government and some of his staunchest critics.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Fraternities, sororities, societies : secrets revealed|last=Elefan |first=Ruben S. |date=1997 |publisher=St. Pauls |isbn=978-9715048477 |location=Metro Manila, Philippines |oclc=41049366}}</ref>{{page needed|date=June 2020}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=For every tear a victory |last=Spence |first=Hartzell |date=1964 |publisher=McGraw Hill |oclc=251371498}}</ref>{{page needed|date=June 2020}}

Marcos attended the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) He served as an ROTC battalion commander and was commissioned as a third lieutenant (apprentice officer) in the Philippine Constabulary Reserve. He was a member of the rifle team and a national rifle champion.<ref name="marcosOvercameMurder" />

When he sat for the [[Philippine Bar Examination|1939 Bar Examinations]], he was a top scorer with a score of 92.35%.<ref name="veraFilesMarcosBarExams">{{cite news |title=Vera Files Fact Check: Post revives FALSE claim ex-president Marcos scored 98.01% in bar exams |url=https://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-check-post-revives-false-claim-ex-president |publisher=[[Vera Files]] |date=January 31, 2021 |access-date=February 8, 2021 |archive-date=February 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212041443/https://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-check-post-revives-false-claim-ex-president |url-status=live}}</ref> He graduated ''[[cum laude]]'' and was in the top ten of his class: future Chief Justice [[Felix Makasiar]] was their class [[salutatorian]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chief Justice Felix V. Makasiar|url=https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/supremecourtjustices/chiefjustice/15#:~:text=About%20Him%3A,salutatorian%20for%20lack%20of%20residence.|access-date=November 7, 2023|archive-date=October 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015122514/https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/supremecourtjustices/chiefjustice/15#:~:text=About%20Him%3A,salutatorian%20for%20lack%20of%20residence.|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ferdinand Edralin Marcos|url=http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/senators/former_senators/ferdinand_marcos.htm|website=Senate of the Philippines|access-date=September 19, 2021|archive-date=October 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027194904/http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/senators/former_senators/ferdinand_marcos.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> He was elected to the [[Pi Gamma Mu]] and the [[Phi Kappa Phi]] international [[Honour society|honor societies]], the latter giving him its Most Distinguished Member Award 37 years later.<ref>See page 32, {{cite web |url=http://www.utoledo.edu/as/pdfs/100years.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=February 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227223116/http://www.utoledo.edu/as/pdfs/100years.pdf |archive-date=December 27, 2010}}</ref>

[[File:Ferdinand_Marcos_receiving_his_Doctor_of_Laws_degree_-_Central_Philippine_University.jpg|thumb|right|Ferdinand Marcos being conferred with a Doctor Laws, ''[[Honorary degree|honoris causa]]'' degree during the investiture of the first Filipino president of [[Central Philippine University]], Rex D. Drilon, on April 21, 1967]]

Marcos received an honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) (''[[Honorary degree|honoris causa]]'') degree in 1967 from [[Central Philippine University]].<ref name="Honorary Degree Recipients from 1905-1980s - Central Philippine University">{{Cite book |last1=Nelson |first1=Larry A. |title=Scientia et Fides: The Story of Central Philippine University |last2=Herradura |first2=Elma |publisher=National Press |year=1981 |location=Iloilo City |pages=265}}</ref>