List of Mapúa Institute of Technology people

This is a list of notable alumni and faculty associated with the Mapúa Institute of Technology.

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Contents 1 Academe 2 Architecture 3 Business and industry 4 Entertainment 5 Government and military service 6 Politics 7 Science and technology 8 Sports 9 Others 10 References

Academe

• Peter Ureta, BSCE - Dean of the College of Engineering at Far Eastern University^[1][2]
• Ernesto Endrina, BSArchi - Dean of the College of Architecture at the University of Northern Philippines^[3]
• Edwin Obra, BSChE - Dean of the College of Engineering at the Emilio Aguinaldo College
• Antonio Mateo, BSEE - Dean of the College of Engineering at Adamson University^[4]
• Melencio Gener, BSME - Dean of the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology at Palawan State University
• Arturo Trinidad, BSBA - Dean of the University of the East Graduate School of Business Administration^[5]
• Jose Mananzan, BSBA - Former Dean of the Asian Institute of Tourism at the University of the Philippines^[6][7]
• Herman Gamboa, BSEE - Founder of STI Education Services Group^[8]
• Demetrio Quirino, HS - Founder of the Technological Institute of the Philippines (TIP)^[9]
• Alfredo Ang, BSCE - Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of California at Irvine[10]
• Ricardo Aranas, BSAR - Professor at the School of Housing, Building and Planning of the Universiti Sains Malaysia^[10]
• Ronnie Catipon, BSEE - Professor at the School of Business at Franklin University^[11]
• Leon Chua, BSEE - Professor at the University of California at Berkeley[11]
• Nicanor Dela Rama, BSME - Associate Dean of the College of Engineering at the Bulacan State University^[12]
• Wilfredo Jose, BSChE - Professor at the University of the Philippines and Most Outstanding Chemical Engineer of the Year awardee^[13]
• Lee Seng Lip, BSCE - Professor and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS)^[14]
• Orestes Mapua, BSAR - Professor at the School of Housing, Building and Planning of the Universiti Sains Malaysia^[10]
• Ricardo Pama, BSCE - Former Vice President of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok, Thailand and now President of the University of the Cordilleras^[15][16]
• Francis Yu, BSEE - Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering , Pennsylvania State University, University of Michigan, and Wayne State University^[17]
• Arthur A. De Guia,PhD, BSEE - Professor, University of California - Berkeley
• Earnhart, Richard T., BSChE(1990, Licensed), Faculty Math Department(Mapua), Dean-College of Engineering(AMA University 2001), MS Mathematics/PhD Mathematics (DLSU), Author-Plane and Solid Mensuration (Used by Engineering schools in the Philippines), President- Mathematical Society of the Philippines-NCR Chapter 2004 and 2006.

Architecture

• Pablo Antonio - National Artist for Architecture^[18]
• Lor Calma - prominent architect and builder^[19]
• Cesar Concio - prominent architect and educator; Gold Medal of Merit awardee from the Philippine Institute of Architects PIA and 1969 Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan awardee^[20]
• William Coscolluela (1997)prominent architect and recipient of the Gold Medal of Merit award from the Philippine Institute of Architects PIA^[20],Awarded BCI Asia Top Ten Architects in the Philippines, Founder of W.V. Coscolluela and Assciates, Notable Projects RCBC Plaza, Zuellig Building, Philam Life Tower, Robinsons Galleria, SM City North EDSA, Discovery Shores Boracay,
• Paulino Lim (1998) - prominent architect and recipient of the Gold Medal of Merit award from the Philippine Institute of Architects PIA^[20]
• Rogelio Villarosa (1997) - prominent architect and recipient of the Gold Medal of Merit award from the Philippine Institute of Architects PIA^[20], Founder of R.Villarosa Architects Awarded BCI Asia Top Ten Architects in the Philippines, Notable Projects The Gramercy Towers at Century City, Soho Central, Hamilo Coast,
• Gabino DeLeon (1995), Edilberto Florentino (2002), Froilan Hong (1992), and Jaime Marquez (1997) - prominent architects and recipients of the Outstanding Architect of the Year award from the Professional Regulation Commission PRC^[20]
• Manuel Go - prominent architect and builder of commercial landmarks
• Felipe Mendoza - 1976 Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan awardee and recipient of the 1982 PRC Outstanding Architect of the Year award^[21]
• Jose Mañosa - prominent architect and builder, one of the famed Mañosa Brothers
• Armand Commandante, Gerardo Magat, and Josefina Ramos^[22] - prominent architects and educators
• Willie Yu - prominent architect and builder^[23] co Founder of G&W Architects, Awarded BCI Asia Top Ten Architects in the Philippines,
• Aquiles Caesar Paredes - prominent architect, legislator and educator. Committee member to revise the National Building Code, Co-founder of the Architecture Advocacy International Foundation and voted as the 1991 Outstanding Architect of the Year by the PRC^[20]

Business and industry

• Diosdado Banatao, BSEE - Founder of S3 Graphics, Ltd.; Considered the "Bill Gates of the Philippines" ^[24]
• Arthur R. Tan, BSECE - President and CEO of Integrated Microelectronics Incorporated.
• Antonio Abacan, Jr., BSBA - President of Metrobank^[25]
• Arnel B. Aranas, BSMIE - President of American Standard Philippines^[26]
• Dennis B. Aranas, BSEE - President and CEO of Microwarehouse, Inc.
• Oscar Biason, BSMIE - President and CEO of Bankard, Inc.^[27]
• Ricardo Buencamino, BSEE - Executive Vice President of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and Director of Meralco Industrial Engineering Corp. (MIESCor)^[28]
• Rudyardo Bunda, BSBA - Chief Operating Officer of Union Bank^[29]
• Alain Gerard Coballes, BSECE - Chief Creative Officer (CCO, Worldwide) for SEOP, Inc. (USA) -- The World's Top, Largest, and Most Profitable Interactive Search Marketing Agency. Currently pioneering the visuals and architecture of many of the world's most expensive top-level domains.
• Nilo Cruz, BSBA - President of Hewlett-Packard Philippines ^[26]
• Arthur A. De Guia, BSEE - President of Philippine Electric Corp.(Philec)^[30]
• Felizardo dela Merced, BSEE/BSECE - President of Asian Media Development Group and AZ Communications^[31]
• Amaury Gutierrez, BSME - Former President of Caltex Philippines^[32]
• Roberto Huang, BSME - President of Coca-Cola, Bottlers Phils. ^[33]
• Danilo E. Ignacio, BSEE - President ETon Properties Philippines Inc. of Lucio Tan Group of Companies and Former General Manager Robinsons Land Corp. - High Rise Buildings Division.^[34]
• Ismael Maningas, BSBA - President of Fujitsu Philippines
• Edilberto Palisoc, BSCE - General Manager of D.M. Consunji, Inc. (DMCI), one of the largest construction companies in the Philippines^[35]
• Rodolfo Quiambao, BSCE - President and CEO of Rudell and Associates; cited as one of the 50 Outstanding Asian-Americans in Business in the USA^[36]
• Conrado del Rosario, BSEE - Former President of National Power Corporation NaPoCor National Power Corporation
• Eliseo Santiago, BSME - President of Pilipinas Royal Dutch Shell Petroleum Corporation^[37]
• Lucito L. Santos, BSEE - President of Meralco Industrial Engineering Services Corp.MIESCOR, MIESCOR Builders Inc.MBI, MIESCOR-USA, Inc. and LANDBEES Corp.
• Alfonso Supetran, BSChE - Founder of ACS Manufacturing Corporation^[38]
• Arthur Tan, BSECE - President of Integrated Micro Devices (IMD)^[39]
• Jimmy T. Tang, BSEE - President of the AVESCO Group of Companies and member of the Metrobank, Board of Trustees^[40]
• Jacinto Tan Uy, BSChE - President and Founder of the Moldex Realty Inc., property developers ^[41]
• Oscar de Venecia, BSCE - Chief Executive Officer of Basic Consolidated^[42]
• Augusto Villaluna, BSEM - Senior Vice President of Lepanto Mining Corp and Outstanding Mining Engineer of the Year awardee ^[43]
• Manuel Villar,Jr., HS - Successful businessman; founder of Camella & Palmera Homes which had built over a hundred thousand low to medium cost homes ^[44]
• Angelito Villanueva, BSBA - BancNet Chairman of the Board^[45]
• Alfredo Yao - Founder of Zesto Corporation, manufacturer of Zest-O fruit drinks and other corporations including the manufacturers of Beam toothpaste and Quickchow instant noodles. ^[46]
• Manuel Bonoan, Juanito Ferrer and Romulo del Rosario - Former National Presidents of the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE)^[47]
• Gregorio Sadora(1979), Luis Mendoza(1980), Salvador Dulog(1981), Calixto Duria(1982), Hilario Gaerlan(1984), Meleusipo Fonorella(1988), Rafael Florentino(1989), Willington Tan(1990), Fernando Dumuk(1991), Benjamin Carbonell(1994), Gregorio Garces(1997) and Amador Calado(1998), - Former National Presidents of the Institute Integrated Electrical Engineers IIEE^[48]
• Armando Pascual(1981), Julio Abarquez(1983), Arnaldo Baldonado(1984), Antonio Herrera(1986), Danilo Bulanadi(1990), Augusto Soliman(1994), Gerardo Hernandez(1996), Sergio Balolong(1998), Roberto Lozada(2002), and Danilo Hernandez(2004) - Former National Presidents of the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers (PSME)^[49]
• Angel Lazaro,Jr. - Former National President of the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP)^[50]
• Rosauro Calupitan, Conrado Hernandez, Joel Marciano, Fortunato Perlas, Rogelio Ramos, and Severo Santiago - Former National Presidents of the Institute of Electronics and Communications Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP)^[51]
• Rosauro Calupitan, Cesar Castro, Conrad Hernandez, and Fortunato Perlas - Former Presidents of the Philippine Electronics and Telecommunications Federation (PETEF)
• Jose Saret - President of the Philippine Society of Mining Engineers^[52]
• Michael S. Magnaye, BSME - Vice President of Lawson Industrial Corporation
• Arthur A. De Guia, PhD, BSEE - President of First PHILEC Corp. [12][13][14]
• Thomas C. Reyes, BSEE - Software Designer and Inventor at Hewlett-Packard. USA [15][16][17]

Entertainment

• Renato "Compañero" Cayetano, HS - Prominent lawyer, former senator, and media personality^[53]
• Ricky Davao, BSMIE - Movie, television and stage actor; 1987 URIAN, Best Actor and 1989 FAMAS, Best Supporting Actor awardee^[54]
• Joseph Ejercito Estrada, HS - FAMAS Hall of Fame awardee, former Mayor, Senator and President of the Philippines^[55]
• Napoleon Gutierrez, BSMIE - Entertainment and sports columnist
• Augusto "Chiquito" Pangan, HS - Popular comedian and 1984 FAMAS Best Actor awardee^[56]
• Ariel Ureta, HS - Popular radio and television host, director, and comedian
• Rocco Nacino, BSNRS - Popular young actor of GMA Network, Starstruck V 2nd Prince
• Zanjoe Marudo, BS - Actor of ABS-CBN

Government and military service

• Brig. Gen. Cesar Abella, BSCE - Became the first Commander of the AFP Reserve Command in 1991 ^[57]
• Brig. Gen. Ramon Cannu, BSCE - Former Commanding Officer of the AFP 2nd Infantry Division^[57]
• Brig.Gen. Dominador Catibog Jr. (BSCE), Brig.Gen. Cesar Gopilan (BSCE), and Brig.Gen. Simeon Ver (BSCE) - Former Chiefs of the AFP Corps of Engineers^[57]
• Belen Gobunsuy-Ceniza, BSChm - Commissioner of the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB)^[58]
• Gen. Hermogenes E. Ebdane, Jr., BSCE - Former PNP Chief and current Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways
• Bayani Fernando, BSME - Chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, former Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways, and former Mayor of Marikina City
• Ruben A. Hernadez, BSCE - Administrator of the Manila Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS)
• Lt. Gen. Cardozo M. Luna, BSCE - current Philippine Ambassador to Netherlands and former AFP Vice Chief of Staff
• Edmundo Mir (BSCE), Romulo del Rosario (BSCE), and Florante Soriquez (BSCE) - Undersecretaries of the Department of Public Works and Highways
• Gen. Alfredo M. Santos, BSCE - Former AFP Chief-of-Staff; became the Philippine's first four-star general in 1962
• Jose Valdecanas, BSCE and Enrico Velasco, BSMIE - Undersecretaries of the Department of Transportation and Communications
• Geronimo Velasco, BSME - Former Secretary of the Department of Energy

Politics

• Angelito Gatlabayan, BSChE - Former Congressman and Mayor of Antipolo
• Jorge Abad, BSCE - Former Congressman of Bataan
• Agapito "Butz" Aquino, BSEE - Former Senator and now Congressman of Makati, brother of Ninoy Aquino
• Efren Arañez, BSCE - Former Mayor of Zamboanga City
• Jose Antonio Carrion, HS - Governor of Marinduque
• Edilburgo Cheng, BSME - Mayor of Dipolog City
• Pedro Cuerpo, BSCE - Mayor of Montalban, Rizal
• Romeo Dungca, BSIE - Mayor of Bacolor, Pampanga
• Faustino Dy, Jr., BSAR - Former Congressman and Governor of Isabela City
• Carlito Marquez, BSChE - Governor of Aklan^[59]
• Raul Mendoza, BSBA - Mayor of Calumpit, Bulacan
• Frisco F. San Juan, BSCE - Former Congressman of Rizal
• Arturo Tolentino, HS - Former Congressman, Senator, Senate President, and Vice-President of the Philippines
• J. Antonio Lim Sr., HS - Mayor of Jimenez, Misamis Occidental
• Celso Valdecanas, BSCE - Mayor of Balanga, Bataan[18]
• Manuel Villar, Jr., HS - Former Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines and current Senate President. A successful businessman, he is the founder of Camella & Palmera Homes which had built over a hundred thousand low to medium cost homes
• Erwin Buling, BSEE - Former Mayor of San Juan, Southern Leyte, Formerly Cabalian, Leyte and Chairman GENTEC Group of Companies

Science and technology

• Arturo Alcaraz, BSMining - Prominent expert in the field of geothermal energy and recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award (Asia's version of the Nobel Prize) in 1982. He was born in Manila.
• Diosdado Banatao, BSEE - His contributions to the computer industry include: the first single-chip, 16-bit microprocessor-based calculator while at Commodore in 1976; the first single-chip MicroVAX for Digital Equipment; the first 10-Mbit Ethernet CMOS with silicon coupler data-link control and transreceiver chip; got 3Com into the Ethernet PC add-in card business while at Seeq in early 1980s; the first system logic chip set for the PC-XT and the PC-AT in 1985; and the first enhanced graphics adapter chip set among many others. He was honored by the University of the Philippines and Ateneo de Manila University with a Doctorate Honoris Causa. He was born in Iguig, Cagayan.
• Leon Chua, BSEE - Former Department Chair, University of California, Berkeley, Electrical Engineering. First recipient of the 2005 Gustav Kirchhoff Award -- the highest IEEE Technical Field Award for outstanding contributions to the fundamentals of any aspect of electronic circuits and systems; recipient of the IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award in 2000, the IEEE Browder J. Thompson Memorial Prize in 1972, the IEEE W. R. G. Baker Prize in 1978, the Frederick Emmons Award in 1974, and the M. E. Van Valkenhurg Award in 1995 and 1998; holder of 7 US patents and 8 honorary doctorates and recognized by the Institute of Scientific Information as one of the top 15 most-cited authors in all fields of engineering during 1991-2001.
• Severino Gervacio, BSME - Recipient of the 1981 Outstanding Young Scientist Award given by the National Academy of Science and Technology, the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Division of Mathematical Sciences given by the National Research Council of the Philippines in recognition of his outstanding achievements in pioneering research in Graph Theory.^[60]
• Blandino Go, BSMetE - A prominent metallurgist in the aerospace industry; pioneering work on rapidly solidified dispersion strengthened aluminum alloys for high-temperature creep deformation resistance.^[61] His other research on superplasticity allowed the rapid deployment of superplastic forming of aluminum^[62] and titanium into production in the aerospace industry earlier than expected.
• Antonio Mateo, BSEE - Multi-awarded inventor with over 50 patents under his name; acknowledged and cited by the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and winner in the 27th International Exhibit of Inventions also in Switzerland
• William Torres, BSME - Founder of Mosaic Communications (Mozcom); prominent expert and pioneering leader in the computer industry; acknowledged as the "Grandfather of Philippine Internet"
• Salvador Umotoy, BSEE - Engineering Director at Applied Materials Inc. Sta. Clara, California, USA and holder of 32 US Patents in Silicon Wafer production and research and 19 US Patent Application in Silicon Wafer Production.[19][20]

Sports

• Emilio Achacoso - Member of the 1960 Olympic team for basketball
• Carlos Badion - Member of the 1956 and 1960 Olympic teams, Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 1960 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship and Philippine Basketball Hall of Fame awardee
• Joel Banal, BSMIE - Former basketball coach of the Mapua Cardinals-NCAA champion teams of 1991 and 1992, and Ateneo Blue Eagles-UAAP champion team of 2002
• Edilberto Bonus - Former President of the Philippine Amateur Swimming Association; former MIT math professor and coach of the Mapua Swimming team which holds the NCAA record for most number of seniors championships; 1951 Asian Games Bronze Medalist
• Fortunato "Atoy" Co, BSChE - Philippine Basketball Association PBA's 1979 Most Valuable Player (MVP) awardee, member of the 1972 Olympic team, the 1973 Asian Basketball Conference champion team, the legendary Crispa Redmanizers, the PBA's Hall of Fame and 25 All-Time Greatest Players
• Henry Dagmil - Member of the 2008 Philippine Olympic team for track and field; 2005 South East Asian Games Gold Medalist and record holder in the long jump event^[63]
• Freddie Hubalde, Philippine Basketball Association's 1977 Most Valuable Player awardee, member of the legendary Crispa Redmanizers and one of the PBA's 25 All-Time Greatest Players
• Leandro "Leo" Isaac, BSMIE - Former Philippine Basketball Association player; captain of the 1980 Mapua Cardinals NCAA Championship team; former coach of the Arellano University Chiefs and the Mapua Cardinals senior basketball teams; and current head coach of Red Bull Barako in the PBA
• Perfecto Mendiola - Former President of the Philippine Amateur Judo Association, 1956 National Judo champion, member of the 1955 Philippine team to the 1st World Judo Championships^[64]
• Renato Naranja - Member of the 1972 Olympic team for chess
• Alvin "The Captain" Patrimonio, BSCE - Four-time Most Valuable Player MVP awardee of the Philippine Basketball Association PBA winning the award in 1991, 1993,1994 and 1997; member of several Philippine national basketball teams and one of the PBA's 25 All-Time Greatest Players
• Simeon Toribio - Member of the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Olympic teams; Olympic Bronze Medalist in the high jump event at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics; many-time Asian Games gold medalist and recipient of the 1930 World Helms Trophy for being Asia's greatest athlete.^[65]
• Eugene Torre, BSBA - Asia's First Chess Grand Master, Philippine Sports Hall of Fame awardee and member of the 1972 Olympic team for chess
• Miguel White - Member of the 1936 Olympic team; Olympic Bronze Medalist in the 400m hurdles at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.^[65]
• Israel Catacutan, Benito "Benny" Cheng, Virgilio "Bong" Dela Cruz, Paolo Hubalde, Menardo Jubinal, Rudolph Kutch, Eric Leaño, Romulo Mamaril, Jose Ma. “Jay” Mendoza, Kevin Ramas, Ricardo "Bruise Brother" Relosa, Johnny Revilla, Reuben Dela Rosa, Omanzie Rodriguez, Victor Sanchez, Gerardo "Jack" Santiago, Rodolfo "Rudy" Soriano, Mark Telan, Edgardo Topacio, Ejercito "Chito" Victolero, etc., - Other former Mapua Cardinals who eventually played in the Philippine Basketball Association PBA. ^[66][67]

Others

• Norma Riezza-Benzon - Executive Director of a Filipino Disaster Relief Task Force; one of the first community volunteers who responded to the pleas of evacuees by delivering food to affected areas in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in the US in 2006; Dorothy F. Caram Commitment to Leadership Awardee and Gawad Geny Lopez Bayaning Pilipino Awardee ^[68]
• Scout Paulo Cabrera Madriñan - Scoutmaster and member of the Philippine delegation to the fateful 11th World Boy Scout Jamboree of 1963; a street in Roxas District of Quezon City was named in his honor.
• Archimedes Trajano - Human rights victim and martyr of the Martial Law dictatorship^[69]
• Sister Ma. Aida Vasquez, OSB, BSChE - Environmental activist^[70]
• Jeffrey Montero, P.E., LEED AP, CEM, CEPE (BSME) - Principal of Kaiser Permanente - National Facilities Services / Strategy, Planning & Design's Sustainable Mechanical, Electrical, & Plumbing MEP Design program. Current member of the Green Guide for Health Care (GGHC)’s water efficiency subcommittee Steering Council. As a prominent mechanical engineer, he developed the master plan for the Los Angeles World Airport's $400 million MEP systems upgrade program Terminals, and Central Utility Plant Program prior to joining Kaiser Permanente on April 2008.

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