List of University of the Philippines people

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The University of the Philippines has had numerous notable alumni and faculty.

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[edit] Famous Students and Alumni

[edit] Arts and Humanities (including Mass Communication, Architecture and Landscape Architecture)

  • Emily Abrera, Chairman Emeritus, McCann-Erickson Philippines
  • Irma Adlawan, actress
  • Tikoy Aguiluz, film director
  • Nina Ricci Alagao, Binibining Pilipinas for Miss Universe 2000, stylist and visual artist
  • Michelle Aldana, Miss Asia-Pacific 1993, actress and translator
  • Dean Francis Alfar, novelist, playwright, and speculative fictionist
  • Juaniyo Arcellana, poet and journalist
  • Boots Anson-Roa, Mowelfund executive director and actress
  • Fernando Amorsolo, visual artist and National Artist
  • Angel Aquino, actress, television host and model
  • Francisca Reyes Aquino, National Artist for Dance
  • Manuel Arguilla, fictionist
  • Arnold Arre, visual artist, comic book writer and illustrator
  • Julius Babao, broadcast journalist and television host
  • Bessie Badilla, former TV host, actress and top international model for the Paris-based House of Balenciaga (1977-1985)
  • Billy Balbastro, veteran entertainment journalist
  • Christine Bersola, broadcast journalist and television host
  • Lorena Barros, activist and writer
  • Christian Bautista, multi-platinum recording artist
  • Harlene Bautista, television, film and theater actress
  • Anna Bayle, entrepreneur and Asia's first international supermodel during the 1970s and the 1980s; she worked for all the major designers, including Calvin Klein, Chanel, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, Donna Karan, Gianni Versace and Yves Saint Laurent
  • Ishmael Bernal, film director and National Artist
  • Heber Bartolome, musician
  • Herminio Beltran Jr., poet and cultural activist
  • Jaja Bolivar (Kikiam Santiago), comedian, impersonator and scriptwriter
  • Victoria Bravo, writer of fiction for children
  • Lino Brocka, film director and National Artist
  • Benjamin Cabangis, visual artist
  • Benedicto Cabrera ("Bencab"), visual artist and National Artist
  • Ricci Chan, multimedia actor, comedian and stylist
  • Cesar Concio, architect
  • Sharon Cuneta, singer, actress and television host
  • Malou De Guzman, film and television actress
  • Celia Diaz-Laurel, actress
  • Dexter Doria, film and television actress
  • Eraserheads members Ely Buendia, Raimund Marasigan, Marcus Adoro and Buddy Zabala
  • Nick Deocampo, film director
  • Eugene Domingo, actress
  • Rock Drilon, visual artist
  • Patricia Evangelista, writer and debater
  • Rene Boy Facunla (Ate Glow), comedian, impersonator and scriptwriter
  • Andion Fernandez, soprano
  • Ramon “Chito” Jao Garces, co-founder of Obie-awardwinning MA-YI Theater Company in New York
  • Tony Gloria, film producer
  • Richard Gomez, actor
  • Romina Gonzalez, creative writer and journalist
  • Gary Granada, protest musician
  • Gigi Grande, broadcast journalist
  • Pia Guanio, television host
  • Sinai Hamada, writer
  • Abdulmari Asia Imao, visual artist and National Artist
  • Nanette Inventor, singer, composer and actress
  • Agot Isidro, singer, television host and actress
  • Jeffrey Jeturian, film director
  • Mark Justiniani, visual artist
  • Kamikazee members Jay Contreras, Jomal Linao, Led Tuyay, Jayson Astete and Allan Burdeos
  • Joel Lamangan, film director
  • Susan Lara, fiction writer
  • Raymond Lauchengco, singer and actor
  • Iwi Laurel, singer
  • Maricel Laxa-Pangilinan, actress
  • Ricardo "Ricky" Lee, fiction and screenwriter
  • Araceli Limcaco-Dans, visual artist
  • Jesus "Joji" Lloren, fashion designer and grand prix winner, International Competition of Young Designers (Paris, France; 1998)
  • Maria Isabel Lopez, actress, businesswoman and Binibining Pilipinas for Miss Universe 1982
  • Armando Malay, journalist
  • Francine Medina, journalist
  • Chris Martinez, playwright and screenwriter
  • Abner Mercado, journalist and television host
  • Babsie Molina, singer, vocal arranger, back-up vocalist, composer and vocal coach
  • Katherine Frances Molina ("Kitchy Molina"), singer, vocal coach and vocal arranger
  • Jose Pitoy Moreno, fashion designer and "Asia's fashion czar"
  • Ed Lingao, journalist and television host
  • Ge-ann Pineda, broadcast journalist
  • Evelyn Mandac, international soprano and the first Filipino to sing with the New York Metropolitan Opera
  • Malou Mangahas, journalist and co-director, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
  • Ramon Obusan, dancer, choreographer and National Artist
  • Maningning Miclat, visual artist and poet
  • Sitti Navarro, bossa nova artist
  • Corinna Esperanza A. Nuqui, writer
  • Yolanda Ong, Campaigns & Grey (Philippines) Chairperson
  • Ces Orena-Drilon, broadcast journalist
  • Bibeth Orteza, television and film scriptwriter
  • Eliseo Pajaro, composer
  • Felino A. Palafox, Jr.,, architect and environmental planner
  • Candy Pangilinan, comedy actress
  • Angeli Pangilinan-Valenciano, entertainment manager
  • Parokya ni Edgar members, Chito Miranda, Vinci Montaner, Buwi Meneses, Darius Semaña, Gab Chee Kee and Dindin Moreno
  • Nonong Pedero, composer and newspaper columnist
  • Nicolas Pichay, playwright and corporate lawyer
  • Frances Rivera U.S. based Emmy awardwinning television journalist
  • Eddie Romero, film director and National Artist
  • Ninotchka Rosca, novelist
  • Soledad Reyes, literary critic
  • Mario J. de los Reyes, film director
  • Deborah Ruiz-Wall, Filipino-Australian writer, photographer, aboriginal/minority ethnic rights activist and Order of Australia medalist (OAM)
  • Lyle Nemenzo Sacris, film director and cinematographer
  • Giselle Sanchez, comedian, actress, and impersonator
  • Lucio San Pedro, musician, professor of music and National Artist
  • Giselle Sanchez, film and television actress
  • Romulo Sandoval, poet
  • Mauro Malang Santos, Visual Artist
  • Benilda Santos, poet and academic
  • Tara Sering, writer
  • Jose Maria Sison, poet and founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines
  • Jessica Soho, broadcast journalist
  • Auraeus Solito, film director
  • Kidlat Tahimik (formerly, Eric de Guia), film director
  • Renato Tayag, journalist
  • Mel Tiangco, journalist, television host and Chair, GMA Foundation
  • Tessie Tomas, film and television actress and writer
  • Lucy Torres-Gomez, television host and model
  • Katrina Polotan Tuvera-Quimbo, writer
  • Mariz Umali, broadcast journalist
  • Tuesday Vargas, film and television actress
  • Rodolfo "Rody" Vera, playwright
  • Joy Virata, theater actress and writer
  • Monique Wilson, star of the Tony and Olivier-winning musical "Miss Saigon" on West End (London) and Founding Artistic Director, New Voice Theater Company (Manila)
  • Gamaliel Viray, baritone
  • Isagani Yambot, Publisher, Philippine Daily Inquirer
  • Alfred Yuson, multiawarded writer and journalist
  • Jessica Zafra, writer
  • Dick Zamora, composer and musical director for LVN and Sampaguita Pictures

[edit] Business, Economics and Finance

  • Jorge Araneta, businessman and developer of Araneta Center, Cubao
  • Arsenio Bartolome, banker
  • Alfonso Calalang, Central Bank Governor
  • Lilia Calderon Clemente, chairman and CEO of Clemente Capital Inc, "Wonder Woman of Wall Street"
  • Astro Del Castillo, market analyst and managing director of First Grade Holdings, Inc.
  • Vida Doria, Binibining Pilipinas for Miss Universe 1971, businesswoman and fashion designer
  • Erlinda Enriquez-Panlilio, writer and businesswoman
  • Felipe Gozon, chairman and CEO of GMA Network
  • Pacita Juan, founder and CEO of Figaro Coffee Company
  • Jose Katigbak, banker
  • Delfin Lazaro, Director and Chairman of Globe Telecom, Inc.; President of Ayala Infrastructure Ventures; and Director of Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI) and BPI Capital Corporation; former President and CEO of Benguet Corporation; and former Secretary of the Department of Energy
  • Loida Nicolas Lewis, chairman and CEO of TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc., a two-billion-dollar corporation of 64 companies based in 31 countries. TLC is a marketer of ice cream in Spain and the Canary Islands, the leading manufacturer of potato chips in Ireland, and a prime distributor of beverage in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Thailand. As a businesswoman, Nicolas-Lewis was ranked number 1 among the "Top 50 Women Business Owners in America" by the Working Woman magazine (1994)
  • Bienvenido "Boy" Noriega, economist, banker and playwright
  • Federico Pascual, banker
  • Carlos Pedrosa, banker
  • Pio Pedrosa, Secretary of Finance
  • Alexandra Prieto-Romualdez, President, Philippine Daily Inquirer
  • Vicente Puyat, banker
  • Lourdes Reyes Montinola, writer, educator, businesswoman and Chair, Far Eastern University
  • Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines
  • Yoshiei Shimizu, Hakuhodo executive and former head of Hakuho Foundation (Japan)
  • Akira Takahashi, Professor of Economics, University of Tokyo
  • Antonio Turralba Sr., architect and real estate developer (Active Group)
  • Manuel Villar, billionaire businessman, former Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives and current Senator of the Philippines, Senate President

[edit] Engineering, Sciences and the Allied Medical Professions

  • Maychelle Baay, Pharmacy board topnotcher, lead vocalist and songwriter of Moonstar88
  • Edwin Copeland, founder and first dean, U.P. agricultural college (now U.P. Los Baños)
  • Cristeta Comerford, first female White House executive chef
  • Romulo Davide, plant pathologist
  • Carmela Espanola, wildlife biologist
  • Juan Flavier, medical doctor, Senator of the Philippines and former Secretary of Health
  • Raquel Fortun, medical doctor, professor of medicine and a well-known forensic pathologist
  • Enrique Garcia, medical doctor and Secretary of Health
  • Alfredo Juinio, civil engineer, Dean of the UP College of Engineering, Minister of Public Works and Highways, and Administrator of the National Irrigation Administration
  • Jeffrey Hidalgo, civil engineer, singer-composer and former vocalist of Smokey Mountain
  • Dominador Ilio, hydraulics engineer, professor, and poet
  • Bienvenido Juliano, chemist and National Scientist of the Philippines
  • Jose Juliano, nuclear chemist and physicist
  • Roman Kintanar, meteorologist
  • Johnip Koa, President and General Manager of Procter and Gamble Philippines
  • Eduardo Manalac, geologist, president and CEO of the Philippine National Oil Company
  • Alejandro Melchor, civil engineer, mathematician, and Secretary of National Defense
  • Salvador Oliveros, sugar technologist
  • Faustino Orillo, mycologist
  • Lizbeth de Padua (Lizbeth Samson de Padua), Binibining Pilipinas for Miss Universe 1976 and Kansas City-based neurosurgeon
  • Greg Pastorfide, obstetrician and gynecologist
  • Victor Potenciano, medical doctor
  • Paco Sandejas, Stanford-educated physicist and technology management consultant
  • Reynaldo Vea, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mapua Institute of Technology
  • Amador Muriel, physicist; developed a microscopic theory of turbulence; contributed to various areas in physics such as fluid dynamic, statistical mechanics, astrophysics, quantum optics and econophysics; first Filipino member of the Institute for Advanced Study School of Natural Sciences in Princeton;

[edit] Politics, Law and Governance

  • Jose Abad Santos, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and World War II hero
  • Federico Agcaoili, Philippine Bar Association President
  • Domocao Alonto, Senator of the Philippines
  • Raoul Angangco, President, Integrated Bar of the Philippines
  • Edgardo Angara, Senate President and President of the University of the Philippines
  • Benigno Aquino Jr., martyred opposition senator
  • Ramon Aquino, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
  • Joker Arroyo, Senator of the Philippines
  • Robert Barbers, Senator of the Philippines
  • Cesar Bengzon, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
  • Jejomar Binay, human rights lawyer and Mayor of Makati City
  • Fred Ruiz Castro, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
  • Pia Cayetano, Senator of the Philippines
  • Rene Cayetano, Senator of the Philippines
  • Edgardo Chatto, Lawyer, Member of the Philippine House of Representatives
  • Hilario Davide, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
  • Michael Defensor, former Member of the Philippine House of Representatives and current Presidential Chief of Staff of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
  • Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Senator of the Philippines
  • Franklin Drilon, Senate President
  • Juan Ponce Enrile,Senator of the Philippines
  • Francis Escudero, Member of the House of Representatives
  • Salvador Escudero, Member of the House of Represenatatives and Agriculture Secretary
  • Marcelo Fernan, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Senator of the Philippines
  • Estanislao Fernandez, Senator of the Philippines
  • Enrique Fernando, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
  • Setsuho Ikehata, President, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
  • Jose Ingles, diplomat
  • Eduardo Hernandez, Philippine Bar Association President
  • Maria Kalaw Katigbak, Senator of the Philippines
  • Jose P. Laurel, President of the Philippines and Justice of the Supreme Court
  • Jose Laurel Jr., Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives
  • Salvador H. Laurel, Vice President of the Philippines
  • Sotero Laurel, Senator of the Philippines
  • Loren Legarda, broadcast journalist and former Senator of the Philippines
  • Joey Lina, Senator of the Philippines
  • Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Philippines
  • Querube Makalintal, Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
  • Felix Makasiar,Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
  • Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines
  • Liza Maza, Member of the Philippine House of Representatives
  • Estelito Mendoza, lawyer and former Solicitor General of the Philippines
  • Nur Misuari, former leader of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)
  • Oscar Orbos, media personality, lawyer former Executive Secretary and Governor of Pangasinan
  • Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, first female Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and president of the 1986
  • Avelino Cruz Jr., Secretary of National Defense
  • Ricardo Paras, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
  • Lorna Patajo-Kapunan, lawyer
  • Emmanuel Pelaez, Vice President of the Philippines
  • Gil J. Puyat, Speaker of the House of Representatives
  • Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines
  • Pacita Ongsiaco delos Reyes-Philips Miss Philippines 1929 and pioneering corporate lawyer
  • Gilbert Remulla, Member of the House of Represenatatives
  • Minerva G. Reyes, Justice of the Supreme Court * Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines
  • Gerardo Roxas, Senator of the Philippines
  • Jovito Salonga, Senate President and stateman
  • Jose Suarez, lawyer
  • Mamintal Tamano, Senator of the Philippines
  • Arturo Tolentino, Senate President
  • Ruben D. Torres, former Labor and Executive Secretary
  • Simeon Valdez, President, Integrated Bar of the Philippines
  • Rogelio Vinluan, topnotch litigation lawyer
  • Wenceslao Q. Vinzons, lawyer, writer and World War II hero
  • Pedro Yap, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
  • Nicanor Yniquez, Speaker of the Batasan Pambansa
  • Jose Yulo, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court * Juan Miguel Zubiri, Member of the House of Representatives

[edit] Social Sciences

  • Erlinda Alburo, Cebuano Studies expert and critic
  • Maita Gomez, political and women's rights activist
  • Froilie D. Somera, fictionist, historian and critic
  • Serafin Quiason, historian
  • Lia Andrea Aquino Ramos, Binibining Pilipinas for Miss Universe 2006
  • Nelia Sancho, political and women's rights activist
  • Allen Tan, psychologist
  • Marlon Villarin, political scientist, socio-civic leader

[edit] Sports

[edit] Notable Past and Present Faculty

  • Vicente Abad Santos, former Justice of the Supreme Court
  • Leo Abaya, visual artist and production designer
  • Nicanor Abelardo, musician, professor of music and composer of "U.P. Naming Mahal" ("U.P. Beloved")
  • Jose Abueva, former President of the University of the Philippines
  • Ramon Acoymo, tenor and current dean of the College of Music
  • Pacifico Agabin, lawyer and former dean of the College of Law
  • Glenn Aguilar, fisheries expert
  • Paolo Alcazaren, architect, landscape architect and newspaper columnist
  • Patrick Alcedo, performance studies scholar
  • Virgilio S. Almario, National Artist, former director of the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing and Dean, U.P. College of Arts and Letters
  • Mary Ann Aranas-Espina, architect and landscape architect
  • Ofelia Regala-Angangco, sociologist
  • Cynthia Rose Banzon-Bautista, sociologist
  • Erwin Thaddeus Bautista, recipient of a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques (2002) knighthood from the Government of France
  • Jerome Bailen, professor of anthropology and forensic expert
  • Ramon Barba, agricultural and farming technology scientist
  • Walden Bello, sociologist
  • Nieves Benito-Epistola, professor of language studies
  • Allan Bernardo, psychologist
  • Henry Otley Beyer, professor of anthropology and co-founder, U.P. Department of Anthropology
  • Benjamin Cabangis, visual artist
  • Dante Canlas, economist
  • Ruben Carranza, lawyer and former Commissioner, Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG)
  • Ryan Cayabyab, musician, professor of music and artistic director of the San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts
  • Behn Cervantes, director for film and theater
  • Mercedes Concepcion, demographer
  • Irene Cortes, lawyer and former Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
  • Adrian Cristobal, writer
  • Isagani R. Cruz, literary critic and playwright
  • Fides Cuyugan Asensio, singer and vocal coach
  • Onofre D. Corpuz, economist, historian, former Secretary of Education, U.P. President and National Scientist
  • Concepcion Dadufalza, general education specialist
  • Virginia Dandan, visual artist and Chair of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • Randy David, professor of sociology and newspaper columnist
  • Dodge Dillague, UK and French-trained director for television, film and advertising
  • Amando Doronila, journalist
  • Silvino Epistola, writer
  • Jose Encarnacion, economist and National Scientist
  • Christopher Espina, architect and former dean of the College of Architecture
  • Raul Fabella, economist
  • Brenda Fajardo, visual artist, theater artist, 13 Artists Awardee
  • Roberto Feleo, visual artist
  • Myrna Feliciano, lawyer and library science expert
  • Perfecto Fernandez, lawyer
  • Honrado Fernandez, architect
  • Patrick Flores, National Art Gallery Curator, art critic
  • Juan R. Francisco, indologist and professor
  • Jose Luis Martin Gascon former Undersecretary, Department of Education; Member of the 8th Philippine House of Representatives and Member of the 1986 Philippine Constitutional Commission
  • Edel Garcellano, writer and critic
  • Edgardo Gomez, marine biologist
  • N.V.M. Gonzalez, fictionist and National Artist
  • Patrick Gregorio, TOYM awardee for Tourism and President, Waterfront Hotels
  • Milagros Guerrero, historian
  • Pacita Guevara Fernandez, professor of literature and humanities
  • Alice Guillermo, art critic
  • Caroline S. Hau, literary critic and Associate Professor University of Kyoto
  • Antonio A. Hidalgo, former UNICEF official, writer, entrepreneur and publisher
  • Froilan Hong, architect and environmental planner
  • Victoria Jardiolin, entrepreneur (Natasha and Confetti shoes)
  • Emil Javier, plant breeding and genetics scientist and President of the University of the Philippines
  • Aurelio Juguilon, civil engineer and architect
  • Ricardo Trota Jose, historian
  • Johnlu Koa, academic, entrepreneur and proprietor of French Baker
  • Thelma Kintanar, literary critic
  • Alfredo Lagmay, National Scientist
  • Mahar Lagmay, geologist
  • Jun Lana, playwright, screenwriter and director
  • Ricardo Lantican, plant breeding specialist and U.P. Los Banos Chancellor
  • Jaime Laya, former Professor, Dean, Central Bank of the Philippines Governor, Secretary of Education and National Commission on Culture and Arts Chair
  • Cheche Lazaro, broadcast journalist
  • Zosimo Lee, philosopher
  • Gerard Lico, architect and TOYM awardee
  • Marco Aniano Lopez, writer of short fiction in Bikol and Filipino
  • Salvador P. Lopez, writer, journalist, diplomat and President of the University of the Philippines
  • Raphael Perpetuo Lotilla, professor, lawyer and Secretary of the Department of Energy
  • Prosperidad Luis, architect and dean
  • Antonio Mabesa, actor and professor of theater arts
  • Merlin Magallona, lawyer
  • Antonio Maigue, flutist
  • Geronimo Manahan, architect
  • Paz Marquez Benitez, fictionist
  • Mercedes Matias Santiago, coloratura soprano
  • Solita Monsod, professor of economics, former Secretary of Economic Planning, newspaper columnist and broadcast journalist
  • Virginia Moreno, poet and playwright
  • Francisco Nemenzo, political scientist and President of the University of the Philippines
  • Ambeth Ocampo, historian
  • Bong Osorio, President, Campaigns Advocacy & PR, Inc.
  • Cayetano Paderanga, economist
  • Dante B. De Padua, civil/agricultural engineer; Dean, College of Engineering and Agroindustrial Technology, UP Los Baños; and Founder, National Post Harvest Institute for Research and Extension (NAPHIRE, now BPRE)
  • Maria Elena Paterno, fictionist
  • Victor Paz, Cambridge-educated archaeologist
  • Ruth Jordana Luna Pison, literary critic
  • Raymundo Punongbayan, geologist
  • Alfredo Ramirez, medical doctor and U.P. Manila Chancellor
  • Lenita Reyes, fencer
  • Marita Reyes, medical doctor and U.P. Manila Chancellor
  • Temario Rivera, political scientist
  • Emerlinda Roman, U.P. Diliman Chancellor and President of the University of the Philippines
  • Carlos P. Romulo, Pulitzer Prize winner, President of the United Nations General Assembly 1949-1950, chairman of the United Nations Security Council, and President of the University of the Philippines
  • Harry Roque, lawyer
  • Janet Sabas-Aracama, musical director of the University of the Philippines Concert Chorus
  • Caesar Saloma, physicist
  • Josefa Saniel, pioneering expert on Philippine-Japan relations
  • Bienvenido Santos, poet and fictionist
  • Ildefonso P. Santos, landscape architect and National Artist
  • Perla Santos-Ocampo, medical doctor
  • Ramon Santos, composer, musicologist
  • Gerardo Sicat, economist
  • Vicente Sinco, lawyer and President of the University of the Philippines
  • Rogelio R. Sikat, writer
  • Marivi Soliven-Blanco, writer
  • Emmanuel Soriano, President of the University of the Philippines
  • Joel Toledo, poet and academic
  • Josefino Chino Toledo, composer and conductor of the Metro Manila Community Orchestra
  • Amaryllis Tiglao-Torres, psychologist
  • Francisco Trinidad, radio broadcaster
  • Maria Cristina Valera-Turralba, architect and real estate developer (Active Group)
  • Luis Rey Velasco, U.P. Los Banos Chancellor
  • Ruben Villareal, horticulturist and U.P. Los Banos Chancellor
  • Basilio Esteban Villaruz, dancer and performance studies scholar
  • Nestor Vinluan, visual artist and former dean
  • Cesar Virata, former Prime Minister of the Philippines and Finance Secretary; former dean and professor at the UP College of Business Administration
  • Enrique Virata, President of the University of the Philippines
  • Haydee Yorac, professor of law, former commissioner of the Philippine Commission of Elections and chairperson of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG)
  • Cynthia Neri Zayas, ocean and marine anthropologist

[edit] The Metrobank Search for Outstanding Teachers (SOT): U.P. Winners

U.P. continues to dominate Metrobank Foundation's Search for Outstanding Teachers (SOT). Past winners of this highly-coveted award include: Priscelina Patajo-Legasto (1998) from U.P. College of Arts and Letters, U.P. Diliman; U.P. Diliman; Virginia Carino (1988) from U.P. Institute of Chemistry, U.P. Diliman; Elena Cutiongco (1985), Socorro Villalobos (1987), Milagros Ibe (1987), Evelina Vicencio (1988), Aurora Lianko (1988), Lily Rosales (1990), Felicitas Pado (1991) and Eleonor Eme Hermosa (1993) from U.P. Integrated School and the U.P. College of Education; Graciano Yumul (2001) from U.P. National Institute of Geological Sciences, U.P. Diliman; Letty Kuan (1995), Xenia Tigno (1996), Josefina Tuazon (2000), Antonio Miguel Dans (2004) and Rafael Bundoc (2005) from U.P. Manila; Onilda Dasal (1990), Felisa Etemadi (U.P. College Cebu, 1991), Jesus Juario (U.P. College Cebu, 1992), Sonia Formacion (1995), Alicia Magos (1999), Ma. Nuria Castells (2001), Leoncio Deriada (2002) and Diana Aure (2005) from U.P. Visayas.

[edit] U.P. faculty members who are writers

U.P. is a lively community for creative writers. U.P. faculty members, students and alumni have dominated the annual Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. Playwright Rene Villanueva; and poet Edgardo Maranan have won at least 30 Palanca prizes each. Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) awardees from U.P. have included Palanca Hall of Fame winners Jose Dalisay Jr. and Rene Villanueva; National Artist Virgilio Almario and U.P. Institute of Creative Writing Director Vim Nadera. Emeritus Professor and National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera is a recipient of the highly-coveted Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts. Playwright Anton Juan garnered the Alexander Onassis International Prize for Theatre (Athens, Greece). Juan has also received two knighthoods from the government of France: the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres and the Collier d 'Or, Disc d 'Or. Many U.P. faculty members are frequent recipients of Palanca Awards, Cultural Center of the Philippines Awards, National Book Awards from the Manila Critics Circle, Philippines Free Press Literary Awards, Philippine Graphic Awards for Fiction, Makata ng Taon laureates, Gantimpalang Collantes, Premio Zobel and other prizes:

  • Gemino Abad
  • Aurelio Agcaoili
  • Reuel Aguila
  • Alwyn Aguirre
  • Virgilio Almario
  • Mila Aguilar
  • Merlie Alunan
  • Danilo Arao
  • Pia Arboleda
  • Glecy Atienza
  • Carlos Ojeda Aureus
  • Romulo Baquiran Jr.
  • Joi Barrios
  • Jose Wendell Capili
  • Lourdes Castrillo Brillantes
  • Conchitina Cruz
  • Rosario Cruz-Lucero
  • Jun Cruz Reyes
  • Jose Dalisay Jr.
  • Leoncio Deriada
  • Eugene Evasco
  • Celeste Flores
  • Edel Garcellano
  • Felino Garcia
  • J. Neil Garcia
  • Teresita Gimenez-Maceda
  • Malou Jacob
  • Vivencio Jose
  • Anton Juan
  • Luis Katigbak
  • Thelma Kintanar
  • Jose F. Lacaba
  • Angelo Lacuesta
  • Domingo Landicho
  • Edna May Landicho
  • Amelia Lapena-Bonifacio
  • Marra Pl. Lanot
  • Bienvenido Lumbera
  • Francis Macansantos
  • Paolo Manalo
  • Sylvia Mendez-Ventura
  • Mario Miclat
  • Timothy Montes
  • Vim Nadera
  • Jimmuel Naval
  • Charlson Ong
  • Carla Pacis
  • Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo
  • Priscelina Patajo-Legasto
  • Lorenzo Paran III
  • Nonilon Queano
  • Lilia Quindoza-Santiago
  • Isabelita Reyes
  • Lara Saguisag
  • Luna Sicat-Cleto
  • Victor Sugbo
  • Priscilla Supnet-Macansantos
  • Rommel Rodriguez
  • Lakambini Sitoy
  • Luis Teodoro
  • Ligaya Tiamson-Rubin
  • Nicanor Tiongson
  • Roland Tolentino
  • Ricardo de Ungria
  • Rosario Torres-Yu
  • Rene Villanueva
  • Natasha Vizcarra
  • Galileo Zafra

[edit] National Artists from U.P.

Of the 57 National Artists of the Philippines thus far honored, 33 are U.P. alumni, inclusive of three former students but did not earn their degree at the University. The honored league of National Artists from U.P. are José García Villa, Carlos P. Romulo, Francisco Arcellana, Virgilio Almario, Edith Tiempo, Amado V. Hernandez, N.V.M. Gonzalez and F. Sionil José in Literature; Napoleon Abueva, Fernando Amorsolo, Carlos Francisco, José Joya, Cesar Legaspi, Vicente Manansala, Guillermo Tolentino, Benedicto Cabrera and Abdulmari Asia Imao for Visual Arts; Antonino Buenaventura, Felipe De Leon, Antonio Molina, Levi Celerio, Lucio San Pedro and Andrea Veneración for Music; Severino Montano, Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero and Daisy Avellana for Theater; Ishmael Bernal, Lino Brocka and Eddie Romero for Film; Leandro V. Locsin and Juan Nakpil for Architecture; and Francisca Reyes-Aquino for Dance.

Guerrero, Nakpil, Tiempo and Romero were once students in the University but never got to obtain their degrees for one reason or another. uerrero, a rara avis, never finished a degree and was a drop out of U.P., Ateneo de Manila University and Gregg’s Business School. akpil took up engineering at U.P. then enrolled and obtained a civil engineering degree at the University of Kansas. He also obtained a diploma in architecture from the Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts and received a master’s degree in architecture from Harvard University. iempo took Pre-law in U.P. before going to Silliman University for her English degree. omero, who took freshman courses towards a degree in liberal arts during the pre-war years, had to leave school when World War II broke out.

From the 33, 13 had been conferred with honorary degrees by the University. They are Gonzalez, Hernandez, Sionil José, Locsin, Abueva, Amorsolo, Romulo, Villa, Arcellana, Buenaventura, De Leon, San Pedro and Tolentino. Romulo was the 11th President of the University, and upon his death, enjoyed the distinction of being a University Professor. Twelve taught at the University such as Abueva, Amorsolo, Joya, and Tolentino for fine arts; De Leon, Molina, San Pedro, and Veneración for music, Romulo, Arcellana, and Almario for literature and Aquino for dance. Five of them became deans or directors such as Abueva, Joya, Amorsolo and Tolentino for the College of Fine Arts and Almario for the College of Arts and Letters. ive also held the directorship of several units in the University like Almario and Arcellana, for the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing, Guerrero and Montano of the U.P. Dramatic Club, and Reyes-Aquino of the Physical Education Program for Women.

Almario also served as director of the Sentro ng Wika. Guerrero, on the other hand, set up the UP Mobile Theater; Reyes-Aquino also organized the U.P. Folk Song and Dance Society and the U.P. Dance Troupe, now known as the U.P. Filipiniana Dance Group. Three were appointed department chairs namely, San Pedro of the theory and composition department, and Veneración of the voice department,both at the College of Music, and Arcellana of the Department of Humanities of the now-defunct College of Arts and Sciences (now College of Arts and Letters). Four were distinguished by the University with the appointment as professor emeriti upon retirement. They were Abueva, Guerrero, San Pedro and Tolentino. Five other National Artists have had affiliation with the University, either by being members of the University faculty, or holding administrative positions, or providing guidance to student artists and writers, or simply being commissioned to do art for U.P..

Jovita Fuentes and José Maceda National Artists for Music, taught at the College of Music. Maceda even became director of the College’s Department of Music Research, while Fuentes served as Voice Department chair. Nick Joaquin, National Artist for Literature, is an ubiquitous,if not prominent presence as writer-in-residence in many writers’workshops conducted by the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing. Rolando Tinio taught at the Department of Speech Communication and Theater Arts of the College of Arts and Letters.

Arturo Luz, National Artist for Visual Arts, did the floor piece entitled River of Life at the U.P. Chapel of Holy Sacrifice. In fact, the CHS stands today as the only structure on campus that boasts of the art of three other National Artists. Locsin was the architect designer of the chapel. The altarpiece and the two-sided Crucifix is by Abueva, while the Via Crucis was done by Manansala.

In 2006, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo announced the conferment of the title of National Artist to Fernando Poe Jr. (Ronald Allan Kelly-Poe) for film, Bienvenido Lumbera for literature, Ramon Obusan for dance, Benedicto Cabrera and Abdulmari Asia Imao for visual arts, Ildefonso Santos for architecture and Ramon Valera (posthumous) for fashion design. Lumbera, Obusan, Cabrera and Santos have associations with U.P.. Lumbera is an Emeritus Professor at the U.P. College of Arts and Letters. Obusan finished marine biology and cultural anthropology. Santos pioneered landscape architecture as an academic program at the U.P. College of Architecture. Cabrera and Imao hailed from the U.P. College of Fine Arts.

These 39 National Artists—including Fuentes, Joaquin, Luz, Maceda and Tinio—have in more ways than one enriched the university with their sublime art.

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