Marikina Roads: Who is General Ordonez?

This was a question my young inquisitive mind kept asking. All I know is that this is my school's address but I have no idea who he is.

Where is Gen. Ordóñez Ave.?

Gen. Ordóñez Ave. is a national road (by virtue of Republic Act No. 10385) traversing four different barangays in Marikina: Marikina Heights, Concepcion Uno, Concepcion Dos, and Parang. Marikenyos usually call it in its former name, “Molave” which is a tree, as with the other street names in Barangay Marikina Heights (Narra, Ipil, Dao, etc.) and is still mainly used on jeepney signboards.

Trivia: Smallflower Chastetree, or Molave Tree is commonly found in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Molave is a Spanish term derived from the Tagalog word ‘mulawin’.

Who is General Ordóñez?

https://en.todocoleccion.net

Salvador Diaz Ordóñez y Escandon (1845-1911) was an artillery officer in the Spanish Army, known for designing the Ordóñez guns. He served as a coronel at Cuba during the Spanish American War and  rose to the ranks, later becoming a General.

A preserved Ordóñez gun on display in San Francisco, California. (Syd Whittle, November 3, 2007)

Ordóñez guns are a type of coastal artillery. They were installed in forts and batteries of Spanish colonies such as Guam, Puerto Rico, and in the Philippines. Here in the Philippines, they were used in Sangley Point in Cavite and in Subic Bay (pictured above, was brought to the US as a 'war prize') during the Philippine-American War.

Why was the road renamed after him? I could only assume that; a big part of our history is that our country was a former Spanish colony.  And that is probably why many roads in our country are eponymously named after Spaniards.

Sources:

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=12619

https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2013/03/14/republic-act-no-10385/