| Dick C. Larumbe, M.D. Ashland, Kentucky Fil-Am National Leader • Man of Action, Man of the Hour |
Dr. Dick Cuadra Larumbe first came to Ashland, Kentucky in 1978
when Landsdowne Mental Health Center needed a top caliber
Medical Director to head its operations. Pirating Dick from
Lexington, he successfully and effectively assisted in
streamlining the operations of Landsdowne Mental Health Center.
While he was Medical Director of the Center, Dick opened a
limited private practice where he was able to establish a number
of prominent patients. In 1981, he opened and inaugurated a
full-service and full-time practice founding the Ashland Psychiatry
Associates, P.S.C. with his wife, Dr. Aida Castillo Larumbe, as his
partner.
Dick came to the United States in 1967 when he and his wife
were granted by the United States to migrate as permanent
residents under the third preference (highly skilled professionals)
of the U.S. Immigration Law. He found himself practicing in
hospitals in Weston and Huntington, West Virginia. Later, he
transferred to the University of Kentucky where he distinguished
himself as a top psychiatrist by completing his Residency in the
Department of Psychiatry for three years.
Dick's prominence as a physician led him to co-found in 1981
when Landsdowne Mental Health Center needed a top caliber
Medical Director to head its operations. Pirating Dick from
Lexington, he successfully and effectively assisted in
streamlining the operations of Landsdowne Mental Health Center.
While he was Medical Director of the Center, Dick opened a
limited private practice where he was able to establish a number
of prominent patients. In 1981, he opened and inaugurated a
full-service and full-time practice founding the Ashland Psychiatry
Associates, P.S.C. with his wife, Dr. Aida Castillo Larumbe, as his
partner.
Dick came to the United States in 1967 when he and his wife
were granted by the United States to migrate as permanent
residents under the third preference (highly skilled professionals)
of the U.S. Immigration Law. He found himself practicing in
hospitals in Weston and Huntington, West Virginia. Later, he
transferred to the University of Kentucky where he distinguished
himself as a top psychiatrist by completing his Residency in the
Department of Psychiatry for three years.
Dick's prominence as a physician led him to co-found in 1981
the Southwestern University Medical Alumni Association, his alma mater in Cebu City. Inorder to give others
the opportunity to head the organization, Dick declined in the past to hold a top post, but was finally prodded
to be the president for 1994-1996. "I have no choice but to accept the responsibility of presidency in order to
show my full cooperation," he confided. In 1988, Dr. Ramon Suarez, president of the SWU Medical Alumni
Association presented him the "Distinguished Alumnus Award" in Long Beach, California.
Dr. Dick Larumbe is one of the many Filipino-Americans who has been highlighting positive
Filipino-American image in many-a-small towns in America. Dick's leadership is not only on local level but
as well as in the national and international scope. He is one of the Fil-Ams who can easily win a city or even a
countywide elected position-- if he chooses to --since almost everyone in Ashland have heard of his good
deeds for and on behalf of the mainstream community. As the incoming president of Ashland Rotary Club,
and as one of "perks" of being the incoming president, Dick was sent to Taipeh, Taiwan to attend the Rotary
International Convention held last June, before he officially assumed the presidency the following month.
The Rotarians Convention drew more than 31, 000 attendees from 79 countries. Representing the
104-members of the Ashland Rotary Club, Dick achieved the distinction of being its 76th president, and the
first minority to be elected to head the club. While in Taipeh, this achievement did not go unnoticed. He was
congratulated by other delegates for "breaking the barrier of minority leadership."
In its July 10, 1994 issue, The Sunday Independent, Ashland, Kentucky's influential daily newspaper,
prominently devoted more than two-thirds of a page heralding the election of Dick Larumbe as Ashland
Rotary Club president. The newspaper generously quoted Dick's ideas as well as highlighting Dick's
humanitarian endeavors, particularly his active participation yearly with medical missions to depressed
areas since 1986. He was portrayed as an asset and pride of Ashland. Commended for his unselfish service
to the community, Larumbe was quoted by the newspaper: "I always give 100 percent when I know it is for a
good cause."
Dick's dedication to effectively implement any task assigned to him has won him many friends and admirers.
His participation with various humanitarian groups includes as the past National President of the Philippine
Psychiatrists in America, an organization with membership across the nation. Having been active for more
than two decades with various groups, more specially those with humanitarian projects. Dick has served,
and was re-elected in Orlando, Florida, and then again in Baltimore, Maryland to serve for another two years
as a Board of Governor of the Association of Philippine Physicians in America (APPA), the largest and most
influential Filipino-American group in the United States. Dick is also a member of the Asian American Caucus
for Health Care Reform.
In spite of his active role as a leader, Dick tries to maintain a very low profile within the Filipino-American
communities. However, he is obviously highlighting a very visible positive image for the Filipinos -- more
especially within the neighboring tri-states. In 1987, he was elected President of the Tri-State Fil-American
Association of West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio. As president of the Boyd County Medical Society in 1990, he
is the Founder of the BCMS Scholarship program.
Born in a small town of Naga, raised and educated in the City of Cebu, Dick is one of the three children of
the late Ricardo Larumbe of Minglanilla and the former Alejandra Cuadra of Lala, Lanao. Dick's wife, Aida
Castillo Larumbe, hails from Mabini, Batangas. She is the daughter of Engineer Julian B. Castillo and the late
Leoncia Valenton. Also a medical graduate from Southwestern University Medical School and a psychiatry
specialist, Dr. Aida Larumbe is a full-partner in Dick's business. The Larumbes children are: twins Jul Jay
and Ric Ray, 25; and Karen Kay, 24.
the opportunity to head the organization, Dick declined in the past to hold a top post, but was finally prodded
to be the president for 1994-1996. "I have no choice but to accept the responsibility of presidency in order to
show my full cooperation," he confided. In 1988, Dr. Ramon Suarez, president of the SWU Medical Alumni
Association presented him the "Distinguished Alumnus Award" in Long Beach, California.
Dr. Dick Larumbe is one of the many Filipino-Americans who has been highlighting positive
Filipino-American image in many-a-small towns in America. Dick's leadership is not only on local level but
as well as in the national and international scope. He is one of the Fil-Ams who can easily win a city or even a
countywide elected position-- if he chooses to --since almost everyone in Ashland have heard of his good
deeds for and on behalf of the mainstream community. As the incoming president of Ashland Rotary Club,
and as one of "perks" of being the incoming president, Dick was sent to Taipeh, Taiwan to attend the Rotary
International Convention held last June, before he officially assumed the presidency the following month.
The Rotarians Convention drew more than 31, 000 attendees from 79 countries. Representing the
104-members of the Ashland Rotary Club, Dick achieved the distinction of being its 76th president, and the
first minority to be elected to head the club. While in Taipeh, this achievement did not go unnoticed. He was
congratulated by other delegates for "breaking the barrier of minority leadership."
In its July 10, 1994 issue, The Sunday Independent, Ashland, Kentucky's influential daily newspaper,
prominently devoted more than two-thirds of a page heralding the election of Dick Larumbe as Ashland
Rotary Club president. The newspaper generously quoted Dick's ideas as well as highlighting Dick's
humanitarian endeavors, particularly his active participation yearly with medical missions to depressed
areas since 1986. He was portrayed as an asset and pride of Ashland. Commended for his unselfish service
to the community, Larumbe was quoted by the newspaper: "I always give 100 percent when I know it is for a
good cause."
Dick's dedication to effectively implement any task assigned to him has won him many friends and admirers.
His participation with various humanitarian groups includes as the past National President of the Philippine
Psychiatrists in America, an organization with membership across the nation. Having been active for more
than two decades with various groups, more specially those with humanitarian projects. Dick has served,
and was re-elected in Orlando, Florida, and then again in Baltimore, Maryland to serve for another two years
as a Board of Governor of the Association of Philippine Physicians in America (APPA), the largest and most
influential Filipino-American group in the United States. Dick is also a member of the Asian American Caucus
for Health Care Reform.
In spite of his active role as a leader, Dick tries to maintain a very low profile within the Filipino-American
communities. However, he is obviously highlighting a very visible positive image for the Filipinos -- more
especially within the neighboring tri-states. In 1987, he was elected President of the Tri-State Fil-American
Association of West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio. As president of the Boyd County Medical Society in 1990, he
is the Founder of the BCMS Scholarship program.
Born in a small town of Naga, raised and educated in the City of Cebu, Dick is one of the three children of
the late Ricardo Larumbe of Minglanilla and the former Alejandra Cuadra of Lala, Lanao. Dick's wife, Aida
Castillo Larumbe, hails from Mabini, Batangas. She is the daughter of Engineer Julian B. Castillo and the late
Leoncia Valenton. Also a medical graduate from Southwestern University Medical School and a psychiatry
specialist, Dr. Aida Larumbe is a full-partner in Dick's business. The Larumbes children are: twins Jul Jay
and Ric Ray, 25; and Karen Kay, 24.
Washington D.C. Since 1987
Washington D.C. Since 1987
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