Colegio de San Juan de Letran

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Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Dalubhasaan ng San Juan de Letran
Latin: Ecclesiasticus Sancti Iohannis Lateranus Collegium Manilana
Motto Deus, Patria, Letran
Motto in English
"God, Country, Letran"
Established 1620 (Colegio de Niños Huerfanos de San Juan de Letran and Colegio de Huerfanos de San Pedro y San Pablo)
Type Private, Roman Catholic, Dominican
Chancellor Very Rev. Fr. Bruno Cadoré, OP, S.Th.D
Rector Rev. Fr. Tamerlane Lana, OP (Letran-Manila, Letran-Abucay); Rev. Fr. Honorato C. Castigador, OP (Letran-Calamba)
Location Intramuros, Manila,  Philippines
14°35′36″N 120°58′36″E / 14.5932°N 120.9766°ECoordinates: 14°35′36″N 120°58′36″E / 14.5932°N 120.9766°E
Campus 1.28 hectares Intramuros, Manila; 11 hectares Calamba City, Laguna; 15 hectares Abucay, Bataan; Manaoag, Pangasinan
Hymn Himno del Colegio de Letran
Colors Royal Blue and Red          [1]
Nickname Letran Knights
Mascot Johnny The Big Knight
Affiliations NCAA (Philippines), CEAP, Intramuros Consortium
Website www.letran.edu

The Ecclesiastical and Royal Colegio de San Juan de Letran, (CSJL, Filipino: Dalubhasaan ng San Juan de Letran, colloquially, "Letran") is a private Roman Catholic Dominican institution of learning located in Intramuros, Manila, in the Philippines. The college was founded in 1620. Colegio de San Juan de Letran has the distinction of being the oldest college in the Philippines and the oldest secondary institution in Asia.[2] It is owned and administered by the friars of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) of the Philippine Dominican Province. The school has produced Philippine presidents, revolutionary heroes, poets, legislators, members of the clergy, jurists, and it is also one of the only Philippine schools that has produced several Catholic saints who lived and studied on its campus.[3][4] The school's patron saint is St. John the Baptist while its patroness is Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary. The campus contains two statues, representing the two foremost alumni in the fields of secular and religious service: former Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon and Vietnamese Saint Vicente Liem de la Paz.

Letran has programs in Business, Management, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Information Technology, Digital Arts, Communication Arts, Accountancy, Engineering etc. The colleges are divided into six departments: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), College of Business Administration and Accountancy (CBAA), College of Education (CoEd), Institute of Communication (iCOMM), Institute of Information Technology (iIT), and College of Engineering (CoE). The Colegio has successful athletic programs, particularly in basketball, football (soccer), volleyball, taekwondo, and tennis. Through the years Letran has produced numerous athletes that have donned the national colors (especially in basketball) in international events like the Olympics, Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games, Jones Cup, and FIBA World Championship. Letran is a long-time member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

The Colegio was given Level 3 accreditation by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities in the Elementary department,[5] the highest possible level for basic education; Level 2 for the High School department, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), and the College of Business Administration and Accountancy (CBAA).[5][6]

Letran remains in its original campus in Intramuros, Manila and is a member of the Intramuros Consortium.

History

Presidents and rectors of
Colegio de San Juan de Letran

1620-32 - Juan Alonso Jeronimo Guerrero
1632-38 - Bro. Diego de Sta. Maria
1639-43 - Fr. Sebastian de Oquendo, O.P.
1643-45 - Fr. Francisco Herrera, O.P.
1645-47 - Fr. Lucas Ruiz Montana, O.P.
1647-48 - Fr. Juan L. de Guete, O.P.
1648-50 - Fr. Rafael de la Carcel, O.P.
1650-52 - Fr. Juan de los Angeles, O.P.
1652-56 - Fr. Jeronimo de Zamora, O.P.
1656-57 - Fr. Juan de los Angeles, O.P.
1657-59 - Fr. Andres Gomez, O.P.
1659-61 - Fr. Ignacio de Herrera, O.P.
1661-63 - Fr. Pedro Camacho, O.P.
1663-65 - Fr. Andres Gomez, O.P.
1665-67 - Fr. Francisco Sanchez, O.P.
1667-69 - Fr. Andres Gomez, O.P.
1669-84 - Fr. Juan de los Angeles, O.P.
1684-86 - Fr. Tomas de los Reyes, O.P.
1686-92 - Fr. Jose Valdes, O.P.
1692-94 - Fr. Tomas de los Reyes, O.P.
1694-98 - Fr. Gregorio Giraldez, O.P.
1698–1700 - Fr. Domingo de le Escalera, O.P.
1700-02 - Fr. Juan de Sto Domingo, O.P.
1702-04 - Fr. Sebastian del Castillo, O.P.
1704-06 - Fr. Diego Nunez, O.P.
1706-10 - Fr. Francisco Ruiz, O.P.
1710-18 - Fr. Juan de Sto Domingo, O.P.
1718-20 - Fr. Pedro Bono, O.P.
1720-22 - Fr. Juan de Sto Domingo, O.P.
1722-23 - Fr. Francisco Petite, O.P.
1723-25 - Fr. Juan Caballero, O.P.
1725-35 - Fr. Juan de Arrechedera
1735-37 - Fr. Diego Saenz, O.P.
1737-41 - Fr. Vicente Salazar, O.P.
1741-42 - Fr. Bernardo Ustariz, O.P.
1742-45 - Fr. Vicente Salazar, O.P.
1745-47 - Fr. Jose Herrera, O.P.
1747-49 - Fr. Tomas Canduela, O.P.
1749-51 - Fr. Francisco Carriedo, O.P.
1751-53 - Fr. Juan de la Cruz, O.P.
1753-55 - Fr. Bernardo Ustariz, O.P.
1755-57 - Fr. Jose Herrera, O.P.
1757-59 - Fr. Diego Serrano, O.P.
1759-63 - Fr. Bernardo Ustariz, O.P.
1763-69 - Fr. Pedro Luis de Sierra, O.P.
1769-73 - Fr. Cristobal Rodriguez, O.P.
1773-77 - Fr. Andres Melendez, O.P.
1777-81 - Fr. Francisco Garcia, O.P.
1781-85 - Fr. Juan Fernandez, O.P.
1785-94 - Fr. Cristobal Rodriguez, O.P.
1794-98 - Fr. Antonio Robles, O.P.
1798–1802 - Fr. Diego Martin, O.P.
1802-14 - Fr. Pedro Galan, O.P.
1814-25 - Fr. Francisco Genoves, O.P.
1825-29 - Fr. Antonio Tavanera, O.P.
1829-33 - Fr. Tomas Rosello, O.P.
1833-45 - Fr. Francisco Mora, O.P.
1845-51 - Fr. Rafael Castro, O.P.
1851-55 - Fr. Juan Velichon, O.P.
1855-59 - Fr. Antonio Carrillo, O.P.
1859-63 - Fr. Jose R. Gonzales
1863-67 - Fr. Raimundo Rodriguez, O.P.
1867-71 - Fr. Mariano Martin, O.P.
1871-73 - Fr. Benito Corominas, O.P.
1873-74 - Fr. Pedro Perez, O.P.
1874-77 - Fr. Domingo Tressera, O.P.
1877-78 - Fr. Miguel Narro, O.P.
1878-80 - Fr. Lucio Asencio, O.P.
1880-82 - Fr. Ruperto Alarcon, O.P.
1882-86 - Fr. Miguel Narro, O.P.
1886-89 - Fr. Bernardino Nozaleda
1889-90 - Fr. Jose Maria Garcia, O.P.
1890-94 - Fr. Lucio Asencio, O.P.
1894–1903 - Fr. Marcos Lainez, O.P.
1903-10 - Fr. Jose Maria Ruiz, O.P.
1910-14 - Fr. Santiago Paya, O.P.
1914-17 - Fr. Florencio Llanos, O.P.
1917-22 - Fr. Calixto Prieto, O.P.
1922-23 - Fr. Juan Ylla, O.P.
1923-27 - Fr. Jesus Andres Villaverde, O.P.
1927-30 - Fr. Roque Ruaño, O.P.
1930-33 - Fr. Juan Ylla, O.P.
1933-34 - Fr. Silvestre Sancho, O.P.
1934-36 - Fr. Angel de Blas, O.P.
1936-45 - Fr. Juan Labrador, O.P.
1946-49 - Fr. Honorio Muñoz, O.P.
1949-52 - Fr. Evergisto Bazaco, O.P.
1952-55 - Fr. Aurelio Valbuena, O.P.
1955-61 - Fr. Angel de Blas, O.P.
1961-64 - Fr. Isidoro Katigbak, O.P.
1964-65 - Fr. Pedro Mateos, O.P.
1965-68 - Fr. Antonio Cabezon, O.P.
1968-69 - Fr. Lorenzo Rodriguez, O.P.
1969-70 - Fr. Eladio Neira, O.P.
1970-74 - Fr. Antonio F. Posadas, O.P.
1974-80 - Fr. Pompeyo F. de Mesa, O.P.
1980-86 - Fr. Regino O. Cortes, O.P.
1986-89 - Fr. Thomas Lopez Francisco, O.P.
1989-92 - Fr. Rogelio B. Alarcon, O.P.
1992-99 - Fr. Ramon C. Cercado, O.P.
1999–2007 - Fr. Edwin A. Lao, O.P.
2007–2015 - Fr. Tamerlane R. Lana, O.P.

Beginnings

Archibasílica de San Juan de Letrán, Rome, Italy. Oldest major basilica in Rome. Called "the mother of all churches". Colegio de San Juan de Letran was named after this basilica.[7]
St. Vicente Liem dela Paz, O.P., 18th century.

The name San Juan de Letran is derived from the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome, considered as the Mother Church of Christendom.[8] Early in the history of the colegio, its chapel was granted many of the privileges enjoyed by the major basilica. Saint John the Baptist, for whom the basilica is named, is the patron saint of the Colegio.

The college was originally founded by Don Juan Geromino Guerrero in 1620, a retired Spanish officer and one of the Knights of Malta,[9] in Intramuros as 'Colegio de Niños Huerfanos de San Juan de Letran. The school was intended to educate and mold orphans to be good Christian citizens.[10]

Around the month of May in 1632, Fray Diego de Santa Maria, O.P. arrived at the Sto. Domingo convent from Spain via Mexico. He was officially assigned to this same convent on April 23, 1633 and was given the task of conventual porter. He founded the Colegio de Huerfanos de San Pedro y San Pablo. As Don Guerrero grew old, the two schools were fused together, and in 1706, the Provincial Chapter of the Dominicans in the Philippines decided to adopt officially the name Colegio de San Juan de Letran in memory of its first founder, Don Guerrero.[10]

In 1738, six scholarships were granted by the king of Spain for Chinese, Japanese, and Tongkinese (Vietnamese) students. Vicente Liem de la Paz, Letran's foremost alumnus and heavenly patron, was among the students who enjoyed this scholarship.[11]

The Colegio's Symbol

Logo

The Colegio’s seal bears the Maltese Cross dating back between 1696 and 1716. The Maltese Cross is the eight point cross of Amalfi, a town in Italy whose merchants founded a hostel for the pilgrims of Jerusalem. The group became the Knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who transferred to Malta in 1530 and was allowed to stay on condition that they swear allegiance to Emperor Charles V of Spain. They became known as the Knights of Malta from then on and because of their pious works they earned for themselves a place of honor within the Church. Undoubtedly, Don Juan Geronimo Guerrero, one of the founding fathers of Letran was a Knight of Malta. The silver cross on a blue and red field encircled by the wreath of green laurel represents the pattern of perfection of which all minds that come to Letran are molded. Its silver bespeaks of the purity which must be attained. The blue and red field indicates Letran, the battleground where the vile things are fought against the daunted and where ultimately the consummate ideal of the cross is accomplished. For that ultimate triumph, there is the wreath of green, ever fresh for every victory.

Source: www.letran.edu/pdf/StudentHandbook.pdf

Coat of Arms

At the top of the shield is the Knight, the title and name all members of the Letran community, most especially the students must be known. At the left side of the figure is the spear and at the right side is the torch, symbolizing truth and courage every Knight must have in the pursuit of quality integral formation. The shield itself contains the Dominican cross, colored black and white, signifying that Letran is a Dominican institution. At the center is the Letran seal of a silver cross on a blue and red field encircled by the green wreath laurel. O n it hangs the Colegio’s motto, summarizing the core values of love of God, country and Letran to which every Letranite must subscribe.

Source: www.letran.edu/pdf/StudentHandbook.pdf

Motto

Our motto in the triune ideal of God, country, and Alma mater. First, God, as God cannot but be first. Then, the fatherland, as all bounties of God are rooted deeply in the land upon which she stands. Then finally, the school - she is the mother who takes the minds in her hands and fashions them in accord with her supreme ideal. Her magnificence is measured by this supreme ideal.

Source: www.letran.edu/pdf/StudentHandbook.pdf

Blue and Red Colors

Blue stands for loyalty and justice. It is the loyalty and justice of the blue-blooded, a loyalty of noblest form and a sense of justice which grasps fully well the order of values. Red is for consummate bravery— that firmness of heart, that staunchness of will, that openness of mind. It stands for the firmness of a martyr who welcomes the heathen’s sword across his neck and a hero who saves countless lives as the price of his own. The colors of Letran are blue and red, not red and blue. For consummate bravery asks for consummate cause. The martyr marches firmly towards the scaffold only in complete faithfulness to his creed, and the hero offers his whole life only in such whole offertory does justice to a sublime cause. Bravery simply for the exquisiteness of spilled blood, which ends in supreme sacrifice for a trivial or for no account, is not Letran’s.

Source: www.letran.edu/pdf/StudentHandbook.pdf

19th century

Main Entrance (ca. 1880). The alumni office occupies this location.

On May 1865 Letran was graded as a College of the First Class by royal decree and, as a result, the school population rose considerably.[12]

In 1886 rector Fr. Bernardino Nozaleda re-organized the school's curriculum into the Lower, Middle, and Superior grades (Infima, Media y Superior) to conform to modern European and American teaching patterns.[13]

20th century

Further expansion took place in 1894 and adjustments were made with the arrival of the Americans in 1900.[11]

After celebrating its tricentennial, Letran was headed by the Rev. Fr. Martin Guillet O.P., who was tasked with replacing Letran's old infrastructure and constructing a new and modern building.

The new facilities were inaugurated and blessed by Rev. Fr. Martin Guillet O.P.. The new St. John the Baptist Building became the Colegio's main building and facade. These events were followed by the construction of the Elementary, High School and College buildings replacing the old structures respectively. The buildings were named after the Dominican founder and saints.

World War II

The growth of the Colegio was temporarily arrested when the building was bombed in 1941 and turned into a garrison by the Japanese army in 1944. The Colegio was temporarily housed in the Dominican church and convent of San Juan del Monte. In school year 1942, classes were temporarily transferred to the Dominican Sanctuario of San Juan del Monte. After the war, Letran returned to its home in Intramuros and resumed operations in 1946. Several new construction projects were inaugurated to replace the old structures wrecked by the war.

First Filipino rector

The first Filipino rector and president of the Colegio de San Juan de Letran was Fr. Isidro Katigbak O.P. who served for four straight years. Letran has served by the majority of Spanish rectors and presidents for over 400 years.

Recent history

The school began accepting female students in its college department in the 1970s while the grade school and high school departments started accepting female enrollees in June 2005.

In April 2007, Fr. Tamerlane Lana O.P. was elected rector and president of Letran, of the Intramuros and Abucay campuses, by the Board of Trustees to serve a four-year term until April 2011. Fr. Lana became the 80th rector of the Manila campus. Fr. Lana's administration has undertaken the task of changing and upgrading on the Colegio's academic standards to meet those required to attain university status. This work also includes the revision of the vision and mission, research development, community service, and the 12-year strategic plan for 2008 until 2020, the quadricentenary of the colegio.

In October 2007, two former Letran administrators were among the 498 Spanish martyrs beatified by Pope Benedict XVI. They are Fr. Jesus Villaverde Andres, OP, a former rector; and Fr. Antonio Varona Ortega, OP, a former professor and moderator of the NCAA Philippines.

On July 3, 2008, Fr. Lana formally launched the Letran Center for Intramuros Studies (LCIS). The initiative to establish the center sprang from the 12-year development plan as the school hopes to become a leader in cultural and historical studies, particularly on the subject of Intramuros. The day also marked the 435th anniversary of the signing of the royal decree by King Philip II in San Lorenzo, Spain on July 3, 1573 that prescribed the foundation of Hispanic colonial towns, which served as basis for the systematic layout for the establishment of Intramuros, which was known then as Spanish Manila.

In April 2011, Fr. Tamerlane Lana O.P. was re-elected rector and president of Letran for a second term (2011–2015).

Campus

The Colegio de San Juan de Letran - Intramuros, Manila has for each classroom two air-conditioning units, overhead and LCD projectors and television sets, and DVD players for science classrooms.

The colegio is composed of seven buildings:

St. John the Baptist Building

The historical facade of Letran

Also known as the Administration Building, it houses the office of the rector and president. It houses the Admission Office, Financial Affairs Office, The Letran Center for Intramuros Studies Office (LCIS), Guidance Counselor Office, the Information Technology Center, College of Business Administration and Accountancy, College of Education, and the Institute of Information Technology. The bookstore, lobby, speech laboratory, and chapel are also in this building. The St. John Lateran convent of the Letran Dominican Fathers is located here.

St. Dominic de Guzman Building

The building who was named after the founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). This building houses classrooms, Science and Psychology Laboratory, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and The Institute of Communication.

St. Thomas Aquinas Building

This building houses the Library and Media Center for Communication Arts students. The Media Center has two sections: Instructional Media and Broadcast Media. It provides human and material resources for instructional and broadcast purposes. Among the facilities are an audio-video library, viewing rooms, instructional media resources for circulation. Services include lending of instructional materials, rendering the execution of art work, photo coverage and black-and-white photo developing and printing. For broadcast media facilities, the TV production studio, radio production and studio post-production. Services offered are audio and video production and editing, video coverage, etc. Several facilities are the Apple Mac-Lab Editing Suite, TV Studio, Radio Mini Station and many more. The library is divided into sections:

The St. Thomas Building has a television for televiewing purposes.

St. Raymond of Peñafort Building

This building is also known as the High School Building. St. Raymond of Peñafort houses the Office of the Vice Rector for Religious Affairs. It includes the Accounting Stock Room, Lost and Found Office, Hospitality Management Facility, Auxiliary Services, Audit Services, Letran Alumni Association Office, and the Center for Community Development Office. The school clinic is in this building.

St. Albert the Great Building

This building is also known as the Student Center Building because it houses student facilities such as the canteens, a modern 400-seat auditorium, Office of the Student Affairs, Letran Student Council Office, the Graduate School faculty room and student lounge, six SC classrooms, Thesis Section, The Lance Publication Office, and the Office of the Dean in Graduate School.

St. Antoninus Building

It holds the Letran's several computer laboratories for the Information Technology students and the Philippines' first Microsoft IT Academy. It also houses the IQUAME Working Room.

St. Vincent Ferrer Building

It serves as the elementary building and it houses the music rooms and the chaplain's office. This building is now under construction and it will houses the basic education department and engineering laboratories once completed.

Blessed Antonio Varona Gymnasium

It is the home of the Knights and Squires of the NCAA and other sports competitions. Letran Gym has a three physical education classrooms with a centralized air-conditioned units. It houses the Letran Hall of Fame and the P.E. faculty. The Letran Gym is named in honor of Blessed Antonio Varona, OP, former Letran Professor and Athletics Moderator.

San Vicente Liem dela Paz Dormitory

The dormitory of Letran Manila.

Academics

Basic Education

The Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila has a Basic Education department that has been in existence for almost 400 years.

The Elementary Level caters a two-year start from pre-school and six years of elementary, Now forming part of the Basic Education Department of the Colegio, the elementary level starts from the first two yearsof pre-school – Kindergarten and Preparatory – and six years of elementary education. The pupils in this Department are called Pages, the name given to those who are in the first stage of knighthood. Here, pupils are taught the basic rudiments not only of reading, writing, and arithmetic but also of other areas, which include character formation.The Elementary Department of Letran Manila is located at the St. Vincent Ferrer building.

The Letran High School continues to put premium on the quality delivery of its education services as it continuously works for the improvement and upgrading of its material and human resources. Now one of the pillars of the Basic Education Department of the colegio, the other being the Elementary Level, the Letran High School has extended the offering of quality education to high school girls when it opened its doors to Lady Squires during the school year 2005–2006 in the First Year and during this school year 2006–2007 in the First and Second Year Levels. The High School Department is in the St. Raymond of Penafort building.

College of Business Administration and Accountancy

The College of Business Administration and Accountancy offers a wide range of business courses especially in management. Letran's CBAA was known as the flagship college of the institution. The college produced many alumni and students who excelled in the field of business: one of these is the prominent Filipino businessman Enrique Zobel de Ayala — the first patriarch of the Zobel de Ayala family.

Program offerings

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Same as the CBAA, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences or CLAS is the flagship college offering courses in the colegio. Its Liberal Studies program offers required subjects in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Languages and Health, and Physical Education. It also offers majors in Communication Arts, Psychology, Political Science, AB Advertising, AB Public Relation, AB Journalism, and AB Broadcasting. It likewise offers subjects required in all courses such as Seminar Workshop and Practicum (SWP), Research Methods and Practicum (RMP) where students are required to undertake " on the job training" and come up with a research paper (thesis). Community Service is given a central place in all courses. The CLAS also offers as part of its core curriculum subjects such as theology and other supplemental activities like parish exposure, retreats and recollection, community outreach program to our adopted communities.

CLAS was accredited by the PAASCU in May 2005.

The CLAS also has programs that focus not only improving research in the Colegio, such as evaluation of the panel members, thesis advisers and even the defense proceedings to ensure quality research outputs by our students. The best theses awards program will be implemented this school year.

Foreign languages as electives such as Mandarin, French, Spanish and Japanese are also offered in the CLAS.

Members of the college's staff have been required to have master's degrees and are required to continuously improve themselves academically and professionally by attending seminars, workshops, conferences etc. and to participate in spiritual, social and cultural activities in and out of the Colegio. The annual Echo Seminar organized by the CLAS is an opportunity for all faculty who had attended various activities outside to share their experiences and insights and give impetus to stimulating academic interactions among the faculty. Likewise, the faculty of each area are required to come up with an action research output presented in a colloquium spearheaded by the RPOD. Moreover, the faculty and staff had been encouraged to use Technology as an educational tool in research; to facilitate effectiveness and efficiency in office operation and Instruction.

Program Offerings

Institute of Communication

The Institute of Communication, called iComm, offers programs, several of which are considered as the flagship courses of the Colegio. For 10 consecutive years, students of the Institute of Communication brought home awards from the Catholic Mass Media Awards and Metro Manila Film Festival for student categories. Letran iComm students also won the prominent Student Academy Awards, the IBDA'A Awards. The institute was also awarded as 'School of the year' by the Philippine Quill Awards. And also, IComm has been producing multi-talented students that excels inside the Colegio.

Program Offerings

College of Education

The College of Education of Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila also serves courses for Secondary Education. The CoE of Letran Manila also got 100% Passing rates from the LET Licensure Examinations.

Program Offerings

College of Engineering

The Colegio is aiming to help supply that demand by producing quality engineers who are also God-centered and patriotic.

According to Dr. Rosas, Engineering will be a separate college, with its own Dean and faculty members. Like the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of Business Administration and Accountancy, Engineering will be expected to project Letran's uniqueness and brand of excellence in the delivery of educational services to young people.

The soon-to-be-offered Engineering programs are meant to solidify one of the Colegio's thrusts, stated by Rector and President Rev. Fr. Tamerlane Lana, O.P. as "to be attuned both with the present and with the future so that it can continue to move forward and remain relevant and responsive to the needs of the times."

Program Offerings

Institute of Information Technology

The Institute of Information Technology of Letran Manila is the first recognized Microsoft IT Academy in the Philippines. It is one of the academic institutions that offers a degree in Information Technology mapped with the premier certification from Microsoft.

Program Offerings

Graduate School - Professional School for Continuing Education in Business

The Letran Graduate School is located at the St. Albert the Great building.

'Program Offerings:

'Program Offerings (Letran Graduate School - Calamba, Laguna):

"Vision 2020" - Letran's Quadricentennial

Letranite Life and Culture

Student Organizations

Cultural Groups

Athletics

Main article: Letran Knights

Letran is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association from 1928 to 1932, and since 1936.[14]

The Colegio currently participates in basketball, volleyball, football (soccer), track and field, taekwondo, Lawn Tennis,and table tennis. The varsity teams are called Letran Knights (for seniors division), Squires (for juniors division) and Lady Knights (for women's division)[14]

The seniors basketball team is the 2nd most successful team in the NCAA. Since joining in the 1928-29 season, the Knights have won a total of sixteen titles.[14] The most recent championship came in the 2005 tournament, with a record of 13-1 in the eliminations and 3-1 in the playoffs (2-1 in the Finals) for an overall record of 16-2.[14]

Their most prominent rivals are the De La Salle Green Archers (before the Green Archers left the NCAA), San Beda Red Lions, San Sebastian Stags and the Mapua Cardinals, their neighbor in Intramuros.[14]

Other Campuses

Colegio de San Juan de Letran - Abucay, Bataan

Rev. Fr. Rogelio Alarcon, O.P., former rector and president of Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Intramuros, Manila and an alumnus proposed the idea of having another campus in the north. Bataan was chosen. Initially, two sites were presented: Hermosa and Balanga City. Abucay came into the picture later, after three years in the conceptualization stage. By what could be described as heavenly intercession and providential twists, Abucay was selected. The community of St. John Lateran, the Board of Colegio de San Juan de Letran and the Council of the Philippine Dominican Province approved the establishment of Letran-Abucay in 1998.

Construction started in 2000 in the fifteen-hectare area, donated by Mayor and Mrs. Liberato Santiago, Mr. and Mrs. Nicanor Soriano and Gov. and Mrs. Leonardo Roman. A breathtaking view of the Manila Bay and the surrounding mountains, including Mt. Samat, envelope the site. One of the main attractions of Letran-Abucay is its relatively undisturbed natural area and environment. Indeed, an ideal place for study. The site was chosen because of the natural character it projects- a plateau. Architect and environmental planner, Yolanda David Reyes incorporated this in the overall design and conceptual master planning of the campus.

Preparations for the establishment of the Letran-Abucay spanned over the terms of three Filipino Dominican provincials: Rev. Fr. Quirico Pedregosa, O.P., Rev. Fr. Ernesto Arceo, O.P. and Rev. Fr. Edmund Nantes, O.P., an alumnus. Rev. Fr. Edwin Lao, O.P., former rector and president of Letran-Intramuros spearheaded the over-all construction of the building and the formulation of the guiding principles of the institution. The blessing and inauguration on June 4, 2006 coincided with the gathering of the priors and superiors of the Philippine Dominican Province. Bishop Socrates Villegas, D.D., also an alumnus, officiated the Eucharistic celebration and blessing.

Letran Bataan produced its first batch of graduates in March 2010. Letran Bataan Science High School will open on June 2011

Colegio de San Juan de Letran - Calamba, Laguna

When government declared its policy of decongesting Metro Manila, the Dominican Province of the Philippines instituted long-term plan which included the establishment of an extension school in Laguna was prepared by the Commission for the Planning of the Ministry of the Word.

An 11-hectare tract of land along the foothills of the legendary Mt. Makiling in Bucal, Calamba City, Laguna, was chosen as the site.

The school was founded on March 11, 1979. Rev. Fr. Ramon Salinas, OP was the project director; Rev. Fr. Jesse Lorete, OP served as the Coordinator of Student/Personnel Services; and Mr. Jose Marcelino, Principal of the Elementary Department of Letran-Intramuros, was the academic provost. Being an extension campus, Letran-Calamba was placed under the supervision of Rev. Fr. Regino Cortez, OP, the rector of Letran-Intramuros.

On August 7, 1986, Letran-Calamba finally gained its autonomy from Letran-Intramuros with the installation of Rev. Fr. Tamerlane Lana, OP, as its first president and rector.

With the school buildings still under construction, the first semester of its first school year saw Letran's pioneer instructors (most of whom commuted from Letran-Manila) and students holding classes at the rented half-finished building of Laguna Poly medic Center, Inc. now known as the PAMANA.

To smoothen the school operations, Rev. Fr. Patricio Apa, O.P. was designated the First Director of Letran-Calamba in 1980. Assisting him as the Academic Provost was Mr. Constante Molina.

The year 1981 saw the blessing of the four-storey main Building, the three-storey engineering/Elementary/High School Building and the Shop. Various offices and services were expanded to insure the implementation of the development plan and programs. The college departments had their first academic heads; Engr. Dominador Chua for Engineering and Commerce, and Rev. Fr. Enrico Gonzales, O.P. for Arts & Sciences.

Letran-Calamba graduates took the board examinations both in Mechanical Engineering and Certified Public Accountant licensing exam with several of the Mechanical Engineering board passers landing on top positions. In 1987-1991, Letran placed 20th (average ranking by the Professional Regulation Commission) in the Overall National Passing Percentage of Mechanical Engineers, ranking second in Region IV in the 1987 ME Board Examination.

Last March 2010 Electronics Engineering examination, 75% of those who took the licensure examination passed which edged up the 27% national passing rate.

Colegio de San Juan de Letran - Manaoag, Pangasinan

On August 8, 2014, Our Lady of Manaoag College signed a MOA with Letran-Manila, Letran-Calamba, and Letran-Bataan for the Letran System Integration, and on Sept 6, 2014, the proposal of changing its name to Colegio de San Juan de Letran-Manaoag was unanimously approved by its Board of Trustees.

It was on the 3rd of October that Our Lady of Manaoag College had the launching of its new name. An institutional Mass was celebrated with Br. Jerry Manlangit, OP, the School President, as Main Celebrant and with Br. Roland Mactal, OP, the School’s Assistant Chaplain; Br. Orlando Aceron, OP, the Rector of Letran-Manila, and Br. Raymund Fernando Jose, OP, the Executive Vice President of Letran-Bataan as concelebrants. Before the Mass ended Br. Orlando Aceron, OP, welcomed Letran-Manaoag with a very touching Inspirational Message. After the Mass, a grand motorcade was held, passing through Manaoag, Urdaneta, Binalonan, Laoac, Pozorrubio, San Jacinto, Mangaldan, Dagupan, Calasiao, Sta. Barbara, Mapandan, and back to Manaoag. The motorcade was led by the image of Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag and was participated by pupils and students from all levels, their parents as well as some Alumni of the school. The Delta Com Riders ushered and assisted the motorcade from its starting point to its destination. PNP Manaoag was also visible; P/C Insp. Edison Velo Revita deployed 20 policemen to assist the traffic in spite of their hectic schedule due to their Tactical Inspection scheduled also that day. The Poblacion Baranggay Captain was also present, and he in turn deployed 14 Baranggay Tanods. Through the generosity of Col. David B. Diciano INF(GSC)PA and Col. Pedro C. Dulos, Jr. FA(GSC)PA, Camp Tito Abat lent us two (2) 6×6 Trucks and an Elf with 7 military men to assist. Upon reaching the school, the unveiling of the school’s new name was led by Br. Jerry Manlangit, OP, and Sr. Ma. Lorenza Sajul, OP. It was a very touching moment, I personally witnessed that the students and participants as well as visitors were silently waiting and excited, with their cameras on hand. Then when they caught sight of the new name they jumped and shouted with jubilation. The Binyag Arriba followed, Br. Jerry Manlangit, OP, made the introduction and Br. Anthony Eudela, OP “baptized” them. After the Binyag Arriba, there was an exhibition of the Arriba Letran Drum and Lyre Corps. An Inspirational Message from Br. Jerry Manlangit, OP, emphasizing on the Arriba Letran Spirit, followed. After which was a viewing of the official video of the Letran System Integration followed by the most awaited moment, the singing of the Letran Hymn. Henceforth, the Rosarian Letranites armed with the Arriba Spirit will venture towards the future facing every challenge with Letran-Manila, Letran-Calamba, and Letran-Bataan united as one. Arriba Letran-Manaoag! Source: (Dominican Province of the Philippines) www.opphil.org/ph/

Gallery

Official Publications

Notable alumni (Letran Manila)

Saint

  • St. Vicente Liem dela Paz, O.P. (HS,1747–1750) - Letran's foremost alumnus and heavenly patron. A young Vietnamese scholar who lived and studied in Letran during the 18th century.
  • St. Tomas de San Jacinto, O.P.
  • St. Pedro de Sta. Maria, O.P.
  • St. Vicente Shiwozuka, O.P.
  • St. Francisco Shoyemon, O.P.
  • St. Jacobo Tomanaga, O.P.
  • St. Domingo Tuoc, O.P.
  • St. Vicente Yen, O.P.

Presidents of the Philippines

Vice Presidents of the Philippines

  • Mariano Trías (AB) (Tejeros Convention, 1897)
  • Fernando Lopez (HS, 1921) (1949–1953, 1965–73)

Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines

Heroes of the Philippine Revolution

  • Don Pedro Abad Santos (HS)- revolutionary hero; founder of the Socialist Party of the Philippines
  • Mariano Abella (AB) - a delegate to the Malolos Congress
  • Crispulo Aguinaldo (AB) - a revolutionary leader, older brother of Emilio Aguinaldo
  • Santiago Alvarez (AB) - one of the most valiant generals of the Revolution
  • Col. Elias Angeles (HS 1889) - revolutionary leader
  • Dr. Galicano Apacible (HS) - propagandist
  • Gen. Servillano Aquino - a delegate to the Malolos Congress, revolutionary leader
  • Vito Belarmino - major-generals of the revolutionary army
  • Higinio Benitez (GS, HS, AB) - a delegate to the Malolos Congress
  • José Torres Bugallón (HS, AB 1889) - a revolutionary leader
  • Fr. José Burgos (AB, Philo 1855) - GOMBURZA
  • Don Graciano Cordero - a delegate to the Malolos Congress
  • Mariano Crisostomo (HS, AB) - a delegate to the Malolos Congress
  • Gen. Emiliano Riego De Dios - revolutionary leader
  • Severino De Las Alas - a revolutionary leader
  • Dr. Trinidad Pardo de Tavera - a delegate to the Malolos Congress
  • Ladislao Diwa (AB)- a patriot who was among the founders of the Katipunan that initiated the Philippine Revolution against Spain in 1896.
  • Gen. Edilberto Evangelista (AB) - Hero of the Battle of Zapote Bridge, revolutionary leader
  • Lorenzo Fenoy - a delegate to the Malolos Congress
  • Gen. Leandro Locsin Fullon- revolutionary leader, former Provincial Governor of Antique
  • Maximo Gregorio - one of the Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite
  • Emilio Jacinto (AB) - Revolutionary hero & Brains of the Katipunan
  • Apolinario Mabini (AB, 1887) - Political philosopher and revolutionary who wrote the constitution for the first Philippine republic of 1899-1901, and served as its first prime minister in 1899.He is often referred to as "the Sublime Paralytic", and as "the Brains of the Revolution."
  • Gen. Mariano Llanera - revolutionary leader
  • Honorio Lopez (AB) - revolutionary leader
  • Victoriano Luciano - one of the Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite
  • Gen. Vicente Lukbán - revolutionary leader and Governor of Tayabas (now Quezon) from 1912 to 1916
  • Gen. Mamerto Natividad, Jr. - Commander General of the Philippines Revolutionary Army; Drafted the manifesto decree of Biac-na-Bato in July 1887; Signer of the Constitution of Biac- na-Bato which established the provisional revolutionary government.
  • Pablo Ocampo - delegate to the Malolos Congress
  • Jose Maria Panganiban y Enverga (1883) - propagandist
  • Fr. Pedro Pelaez - Father of Secularization Movement in the Philippines
  • Dr. Antonio Regidor - revolutionary leader
  • Gen. Artemio Ricarte - revolutionary leader
  • Antonio San Agustin - one of the Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite
  • Pablo Tecson (AB) - revolutionary leader
  • Gen. Manuel Tinio (HS, 1896) - revolutionary leader
  • Isidoro Torres (HS) - revolutionary leader
  • Dr. Pío Valenzuela - revolutionary leader
  • Aguedo Velarde (AB)- a delegate to the Malolos Congress
  • Faustino Villaruel - a mason and one of the founding member of the La Liga Filipina, and supporter of the propaganda movement.
  • Flaviano Yenko (AB)- revolutionary leader
  • Fr. Jacinto Zamora (AB)- GOMBURZA
  • Pedro Villavert (HS, 1889; AB, 1894)- First Assemblyman - Antique Province
  • Phil Villas - Isabela Province Freedom fighter

Senators of the Philippines

Congressmen of the Philippines

  • Benigno Aquino, Sr. (AB, 1904) (House Speaker, 1943–44)
  • Sergio Apostol
  • Rudy Bacani (HS, 1966)
  • Melecio Cojuangco
  • Antonio Magsaysay Diaz (HS, 1950)
  • Jose Mari Gonzales
  • Antonino Roman (HS 1954, AA 1956)
  • Eduardo V. Roquero (BS PreMed 1970)
  • Rodolfo San Luis
  • Gustavo S. Tambunting - (GS 1976, HS 1980)
  • Vincent "Bing Bong" Pichay Crisologo

Governors

Mayors

  • Albert G. Ambagan, Jr. (AB-Political Science, 1998) - (Amadeo, Cavite)
  • Edwin M. Bautista (Strike Revilla) (BSC-Management, 1991; MBA) - (Bacoor, Cavite)
  • Leon G. Guinto, Sr. (College) - Manila, former Secretary of Labor
  • Arsenio Cruz Herrera (AB, 1880) - first civilian mayor of Manila
  • Justo R. Lukban (AB, 1873) - Mayor of Manila 1917-1920, Congressman - Manila 2nd District - 1909 to 1912
  • Mary Jane Ortega (AB-Spanish and English, 1959) - San Fernando City, La Union
  • Isagani C. Pascual (GS, 1962) - (Guiguinto, Bulacan)
  • Alain P. Rabang (HS, 1983) - (Umingan, Pangasinan)
  • Enrique B. Yap, Jr. (HS, 1982) - (Sarangani)

Councilors

  • Ricardo L. Baes, Jr. - HS 1981; District 1, Parañaque City
  • Greco Antonio Belgica - HS 1965; District 6, Manila
  • Engr. Giovanni Esplana - District 2, Parañaque City
  • Willand Patrick Florendo - HS 1996; Floridablanca, Pampanga
  • Martin Isidro, Jr. - GS 1976, BSC 1985; District 1, Manila
  • Val Sotto - HS 1968; District 2, Parañaque City
  • Darwin B. Icay - AB Political Science, 1997 - Taguig City
  • Jim Gerald Pe - AB Political Science, 1997 - Coron, Palawan
  • Albert Joseph Cruz - GS 1997, HS 2001 - Meycauayan, Bulacan

Other government officials

  • Romel M. Castelo II - Vice-Mayor, Balayan, Batangas (Member - FROKS)
  • Felipe Agoncillo - Ambassador
  • Herminio A. Astorga (HS, 1951) - Vice Mayor, Manila, 1964 TOYM Awardee for Political leadership, NCAA Basketball Athlete
  • Angelito Banayo (College) - Political Consultant, former General Manager of the Philippine Tourism Authority, former Administrator of the National Food Authority
  • Sotero Cabahug - former Provincial Governor of Cebu (1937), former Secretary of Public Works and Communications (1945)
  • Pedro Concepcion - former chairman of COMELEC, first Presiding Justice Court of Appeals (1936)
  • Jose de los Reyes - First Chief of Staff of the Philippine Army, with the rank of Brigadier General
  • Howard Dee (GS, 1940) - Ambassador
  • Jaime C. de Veyra - Historian, Educator, former Director of the Institute of National Language
  • Jose Escaler (HS, 1897) - First Filipino assistant director of Education, Undersecretary of Justice (1917) and a member of the Board of Regents and acting president of the University of the Philippines.
  • Jay Amancio - Named as the youngest Barangay Kagawad [District II Manila]
  • Datu Nasser Pangandaman (AB, 1978) - Secretary, Department of Agrarian Reform
  • Margarito B. Teves (GS, 1956) - Secretary, Department of Finance
  • Jose Lopez y Vito - former chairman of COMELEC
  • Jose Luis Yulo, Jr. - former SEC chairman
  • Prudencio Reyes,Jr.-Former Administrator Local Water Utilities Administration and former President Philippine Aerospace Development Corp.
  • Antonio Macaranas-Former General Manager Philippine National Railways
  • Venancio J. Tesoro - academician, Criminology Board Reviewer, public speaker and a certified lecturer of Penology and Penal Superintendent IV of the Bureau of Corrections

Legal

  • Pedro Tongio Liongson - Judge Advocate General, Army of First Philippine Republic (1899)
  • Bernardo P. Pardo (HS, 1950) - former Associate Justice (1998–2002); Former chairman of COMELEC
  • Felicismo Feria (AB) - former Associate Justice (1945–1953)
  • Carlos Imperial (GS) - former Associate Justice
  • Diosdado M. Peralta (BS Commerce, 1974) - Associate Justice, Supreme Court
  • Gregorio Perfecto (AB) - former Associate Justice (1945–1949)
  • Florentino Torres (Philosophy) - former Associate Justice
  • Augusto K. Aligada, Jr. - Civil Law Expert, Former Dean of Faculty of Civil Law in University of Santo Tomas
  • Quintin Paredes III - Civil Law Expert, member FROKS (Manila)
  • Antonio Paredes, Jr. - legal counsel of Senator Loren Legarda, member FROKS (Manila)

Men of Cloth

  • Archbishop Artemio Casas (HS, 1930) - former Rector of Manila Cathedral (1956–1962)
  • Archbishop Oscar Cruz, DD (GS, 1950) - LingayenDagupan
  • Archbishop Ramon Salazar, OP
  • Archbishop Socrates Villegas (HS, 1977)
  • Bishop Teodoro Bacani (HS, 1956) - Novaliches
  • Bishop Jose Salazar, OP (HS, 1958) - Batanes
  • Bishop Alfredo Versoza
  • Very Rev. Fr. Rogelio B. Alarcon, OP - Founder of the Angelicum School in Quezon City, Philippines and the first Filipino Father Provincial of the Order of Preachers.
  • Rev. Fr. Augusto Antonio, OP
  • Msgr. Nestor Cerbo - current Rector of Manila Cathedral
  • Very Rev. Fr. Edmund Nantes, OP - former Father Provincial- Philippine Dominican Province; Former Vice-Chancellor- University of Santo Tomas
  • Rev. Fr. Erasmo "Sonny" Ramirez, OP
  • Fr. Gregorio Aglipay(AB, 1877) - Founder of the Philippine Independent Church
  • Very Rev. Fr. Ernesto Arceo, OP- former Rector Magnificus- University of Santo Tomas; Former Father Provincial- Philippine Dominican Province, Current Rector of Aquinas University of Legazpi
  • Fr. Rufino "Jun" Sescon, Jr. (HS, 1988) Chancellor, Arzobispado de Manila; Chaplain, Sto. Nino de Paz Chapel

Writers

  • Macario Adriatico - Writer & Lawyer
  • Manuel Artigas - Historian & Journalist; Spanish writer
  • Francisco Alonso Liongson - Filipino Playwright in Spanish
  • Francisco Balagtas - Poet and is widely considered as the Tagalog equivalent of William Shakespeare for his impact on Filipino literature. The famous epic, Florante at Laura, is regarded as his defining work.
  • Jesús "Batikuling" Balmori - Renowned Filipino Poet in Spanish, Premio Zobel awardee (1926)
  • Marcelo H. Del Pilar - Writer & Propagandist; One of the co-publisher and founder of La Solidaridad
  • Fernando De La Concepcion - Journalist, Premio Zobel awardee (1960)
  • Carlos De La Rosa - Journalist, Premio Zobel awardee (1984)
  • Ermin Garcia, Sr. - Journalist, Founder of Pangasinan Newspaper "Sunday Punch"
  • Enrique Fernandez Lumba - Spanish Journalist and Poet, Premio Zobel awardee (1954)
  • Bienvenido Lumbera (HS, 1950) - National Artist of the Philippines; Recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative communication; Carlos Palanca Memorial Awardee
  • Jesus T. Peralta (HS, 1951; AA-PM, 1953) - Writer, essayist and social scientist; Hall of Famer Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards in Literature
  • Mariano Ponce (1885) - Writer & Propagandist
  • Severino Reyes - Writer, dramatist, and playwright, highly acclaimed as one of the giants of Tagalog literature of the early 20th century. Author of "Walang Sugat" and "Ang mga Kwento ni Lola Basyang."
  • Guillermo Gomez Rivera (AB) - Writer, Premio Zobel awardee (1975)
  • Gregorio Gozon Sanciangco (AB)- Wrote El Progreso De Filipinas which advocated reforms in the political, administrative, agrarian, revenues, property, natural resources and urban development and taxation.
  • Juan Crisostomo Soto - Poet, Writer
  • Rolando Tinio (HS, 1950) - National Artist of the Philippines for Theater and Literature
  • Celementa Zulueta - Journalist
  • Johnbee Sales - Editor-in-Chief, UNO Magazine
  • Carlo Francia - Managing Editor, UNO Magazine

Educators

  • Dr. Bonifacio Lopez Mencias - a Filipino physician, epidemiologist, guerrilla sympathizer, and martyr. He is best known for providing aid to the Philippine guerrillas in his capacity as Dean of the UST College of Medicine during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.
  • Mariano V. de los Santos - Founder of the University of Manila
  • Bienvenido Gonzalez - former president of the University of the Philippines (UP)
  • Dr. Fernan Lukban (HS, 1978) - Head, Business and Economics Program of Arts and Sciences, University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P)
  • Enrique Mendiola - Educator, Member of the first Board of Regents of UP
  • Jovencio Ortañez - former president of Ortañez University
  • Ignacio Villamor (AB, 1885) - First Filipino president of UP, Associate justice at the Supreme Court
  • Dr. Virgilio Enriquez (HS, 1958) - Founder Pambansang Samahan ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino; Named as one of the Outstanding Psychologists of the Philippines by the Psychological Association of the Philippines

Sportspeople

  • Larry Albano - Letran Sr. Basketball team coach, Member FROKS (Manila)
  • Nemie Villegas - Letran Sr. Basketball team coach, Member FROKS (Manila) -
  • Ted McKinney - Member 1980 NCAA Letran Sr.Basketball Champion Team / 1976 Nat'l Inter-Secondary Basketball Champion Team / MICAA player(Villar & Bax Jeans)
  • Ramon San Juan - Member 1980 NCAA Letran Sr.Basketball Champion Team / 1976 Nat'l Inter-Secondary Basketball Champion Team / MICAA player(Villar)
  • Neil Sutacio - Letran Sr. Volleyball team player, Women's Volleyball team coach, member FROKS (Manila)
  • Sambiao Basanung -Olympic Swimmer (1948)
  • Enrique Beech - Olympic Shooter (1956, 1960)
  • Chris Calaguio - PBA Player
  • Angel De Leon - Basketball player and coach
  • Itoy Esguerra - PBA Player
  • Felicisimo "Fely" Fajardo - Basketball player and coach. Olympian (1948, 1952)
  • Gabriel "Gabby" Fajardo - Basketball player
  • Rudy Hines - Basketball player and PBA official
  • Avelino "Samboy" Lim - Basketball player. The "Skywalker" of the PBA and was named as one of PBA's 25 Greatest Players.
  • Col. Julian Malonzo - Basketball player and FIBA official. Former President of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC)
  • Willie Miller- PBA Most Valuable Player, Member FIBA Asia Powerade Team Pilipinas
  • Lauro "The Fox" Mumar - Played in the 1948 London Olympics; a former Filipino basketball player and later served as the national team head coach of India and the Philippines. He was one of the greatest Filipino players of his time. Member of the famous Letran "Murder Inc." basketball team, 1950 NCAA Champions
  • Oliver Opeda Ongtawco- Olympic Bowler and coach; PSA Bowler of the year (1979)
  • Carlos Padilla - Olympic Boxer (1932)
  • Jose Padilla, Jr.- Olympic Boxer (1932)
  • Fausto Preysler - Olympic Yachting (1960, 1964)
  • Kerby Raymundo - PBA Player, Member FIBA Asia Powerade Team Pilipinas
  • Antero "Terry" Saldaña - PBA Player
  • Mike Mustre - PBA Player
  • Nemie Villegas - Basketball player and coach
  • Rino Salazar - PBA player and coach
  • Joaquin Lopez - Football Hall of Fame
  • Bryan Faundo - NCAA Men's Basketball Team Champion '05-'06, ABL, PBA Player
  • Ramil Abratique - Taekwondo Champion, Silver medalist World Championships
  • Ronjay Enrile - PBA player
  • Mark Andaya - former PBA player, ABL player Team Philippine Patriots, Actor
  • Dave Regullano - PBA player
  • Allan Salangsang - PBA player
  • Aaron Aban - PBA player
  • JC Intal - (HS) Letran Basketball Jr. Division, PBA player
  • Boyet Bautista - former PBA player, PBL player Harbour Centre Batang Pier
  • JP Alcaraz - ABL player, Team Philippine Patriots
  • Dino Daa - ABL player, Team Philippine Patriots
  • RJ Jazul - PBA Player, Smart Gilas Player National Basketball Team
  • Rey Guevarra -PBA player, NCAA Slam Dunk Chapion, PBA Slam Dunk Champion, Smart Gilas National Basketball Team
  • Raymond Almazan - PBA Player, NCAA MVP, Defensive Player of the year (NCAA)
  • Jaypee Belencion - PBA Player
  • Kevin Louie Alas - PBA Player, Smart Gilas Player National Basketball Team
  • Al Francis Chua -(HS) Letran Basketball Jr. Division, PABL Player, PBA Head Coach and Team Manager
  • Michael Garcia - Laguna Lakers MBA Player, Alaska Aces PBA Player
  • Paul Guerrero - PBA Draftee Round 3 29th Overall by Purefoods, Davao Eagles MBA Player
  • Anton Villoria - PBA Player Red Bull Thunder
  • Jam Cortes - PBA D-League Player
  • Caloy Garcia - (HS) PBL Player, PBL, NCAA, PBA Head Coach
  • Aldin Ayo - Former Letran Knight Player '98 to '01, Basketball Clinic Director, Councilor of Sorsogon City, Head Coach NCAA Men's Basketball Team Sr. Division, Asst. Coach KIA Motors Carnival in PBA
  • Erwin Velez - PBA Draftee Mobiline Phone Pals 1st Round 4th Overall
  • Jason Misolas - PBA Player
  • Jay-R Reyes - (HS) PBA Player
  • Gilbert Castillo - PBA, MBA Player
  • Billy Moody - PBA Player
  • Ed Ducut - PBA Player Ginebra San Miguel
  • Dong Polistico - PBA Player
  • Genesis " Donking" Sasuman - PBA Player
  • Gido Babilonia - (HS) Letran Basketball Jr. Division, PBA Player
  • Chris Cantonjos- (HS) Letran Basketball Jr. Division, PBA Player
  • Alvin Magpantay-(Hs) Letran Basketball Jr. Division, PBA Player
  • Harold Sta. Cruz - URBL, MVBA, Liga Pilipinas, ABL Player, Indonesia Warriors (Import)
  • Eric Rodriguez - PBL, PBA, ABL Player
  • Yeng Guiao - (GS) Before entering LSGH, PBA Head Coach, PBL Commissioner, Commentator and Politician

Businessmen

  • Luis Quiray Abiva (GS, 1954; HS, 1958; BSC 1963) - former President, Abiva Publishing House
  • Dante Ang (MBA, 2004) - Businessman and former Chairman of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas
  • Barbie L. Atienza (GS, 1972; HS, 1976, BSPsych 1980) - former President, People Management Association of the Philippines, Vice President, Public Relations Society of the Philippines, and Head, External Affairs of the Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation
  • Vicente Ayllon (GS, 1942; HS 1948; College ACS 1950)- Chairman of Insular Life
  • Jaime Bautista (BSC 1977)- President and CEO of Philippine Airlines
  • Dr. Jaime Cura - Businessman, Former National President Chamber of Real Estate and Builders Association of the Philippines(CREBA)
  • Tony Chua (Coll, 1975) - Businessman, Team Manager of the Barako Bull Energy Boosters (PBA), Executive Vice President, Philippines Football Federation (PFF)
  • Henry Co - President and CEO, Ford Motors Philippines
  • Geronimo Berenguer delos Reyes (Coll, 1958) - COO, Gateway Property Holdings and Randel Management Corp.
  • Panfilo Domingo - (MBA-SMP, 2007) - Chairman/CEO University of the East/Allied Bank
  • Francisco Cuervo Eizmendi (HS, 1952)- former President, San Miguel Corporation
  • Ralph Lim Joseph (GS, 1965)- Owner, Ralph's Wines and Spirit
  • Robert Lim Joseph (GS, 1963; HS, 1967) - Chairman, Travel Cooperative of the Philippines
  • Henry Lim Bon Liong - Chairman and CEO of Sterling Paper Group of Companies; Dr. José Rizal Awardee for excellence in the field of Management and Finance; Aurelio Periquet, Jr. Business Leadership Awardee.
  • Enrique Locsin - Businessman; COO and President, Manila Times
  • Steven R. Maningat (GS, HS, BSC) President/Owner, Man-Mar Marketing (Member FROKS), former VP of Letran Alumni Association (LAA)
  • Francisco Ortigas - Businessman and Corporate Lawyer
  • Petronilo Pineda - Lawyer, Businessman and Real Estate
  • Ramesh Sadhwani (HS, 1967) - General Manager, Four Seasons Resort (Maldives)
  • Alfredo Tan (HS, 1957) - president of Himmel (a chemical trading company), vice president of Basic Holding, Inc. (the mother company of business tycoon Lucio Tan's group of companies), and assistant to the chairman of Philippine Air Lines
  • Dr. Juan "Ito" Torres, Jr. - Past International President of Kiwanis International
  • James Gaviola Velasquez (HS, 1983) - President and Country General Manager, IBM Philippines
  • Cesar Zalamea (B.A. in Accounting and Banking). Former President of the Philippine American Life Insurance Company (Philamlife). Former President & CEO of AIG Investment (Asia). Former Chairman & CEO of the Development Bank of the Philippines. Currently advisory director of Campbell Lutyens.
  • Don Enrique Zobel de Ayala - Businessman; First patriarch of the Zobel de Ayala Family
  • Atty. Froilan Castelo (HS '81, AB '86) - General Legal Counsel and SVP of Globe Telecom, President of the Telecom and Broadcast Attorneys of the Philippines

Media Personalities

  • Ariel Villasanta - (Business Management) TV host/Actor/Comedian The Misadventures of Maverick and Ariel, Totoo TV, Iskul Bukol as Perfecto "Pekto" Pangkista, Creative Director of PLDT
  • Conrad Poe - Actor (deceased) member, FROKS (Manila)
  • Wayne Enage - Pres. Jazz Artist Association of the Phils, member FROKS (Manila)
  • RG Cruz - News Reporter; Reporter; Producer, ABS-CBN 2
  • Ricky Davao - Actor
  • Johnny Delgado (HS, 1966)- Actor
  • Maryo delos Reyes (PR, 1962) - TV and Movie Director
  • Laurenti Dyogi (HS, 1983) - TV director
  • Ted Failon - News Anchor and Host of ABS-CBN
  • Dindo Fernando - Actor
  • Eddie Gutierrez (Commerce) - Actor and former matinee idol
  • Juancho Gutierrez - Actor, one of the 1950s most popular leading men in Philippine cinema.
  • Raymond Lauchengco (GS, 1978; HS, 1982)- Actor, Singer, Photographer
  • Ed Picson - Sports broadcaster, Columnist
  • Jose Javier Reyes (PR, 1965) - Film Director
  • JP Soriano - Reporter, GMA 7 Network
  • Emil Sumangil - Reporter, GMA 7 Network
  • Vic Sotto PR, 1964; GS, 1967, HS; 1971) - Actor/Host
  • Ramon Tulfo (GS, 1960) - TV Host, Radio Broadcaster, Columnist
  • Ricky Velasco (HS and BS Commerce ), Reporter, DZMM, ABS-CBN
  • Ronniel C. de Guzman (batch '77-'81), Reporter, Manila Bulletin
  • Rocky Nazareno,(batch '77-81)Press Undersecretary/Reporter, Philippine Daily Inquirer
  • Rainier Allan Ronda - (HS '93) Reporter, Philippine Star
  • Marlene Alcaide- TV5 reporter
  • Natalie M. Malayo (College)- Manila Bulletin, Tempo Reporter
  • Carlo Guevara - one of the Host of Party Pilipinas GMA7, winner of Be Bench
  • Lourd de Veyra - (HS) vocalist of the band Radioactive Sago Project, host of TV5's Wasak, and History with Lourd
  • Marsman Daguio (AB Comm, 2011) - Regional Correspondent, ABS-CBN Ilocos
  • Arbie Belmonte (AB Comm, 2011) - MOR 101.9 For Life! DJ as Chiki Boomboom
  • Lloyd Cadena - YouTube sensation, Tatt awards 2013, known as DJ Sexy LC 93.9 I FM

Others

  • Daniel Pascua, Provincial Manager, Alberta, Canada - HELTI, member FROKS (Manila)
  • Tobias C. Enverga, Jr. (BA-Economics)- The first Filipino-Canadian appointed in the Senate of Canada.
  • Krishna C. Alejandrino,MSC -Executive Director of Junior Achievement of the Philippines, Inc (a Division of JA Worldwide-USA)
  • Lemuel Dela Cruz, CPA - CAATS and ERP Specialist Awardee (NCIAA and ACFE Phils)
  • Dr. Florentino Solon - Executive Director, Nutrition Center of the Philippines
  • Jose Maria Sison (HS '56) - Founding Chairman, Communist Party of the Philippines; Current Chairman, International League of People's Struggle, Literary critic, Marxist theoretician, Award-winning Poet
  • Roald Romualdez Arcangel (AB Pol. Sci. '98)- Founder and Chairman, Clean Up the Philippines Movement, Inc.
  • Angelito Vergel De Dios - Director, Traffic Operations Center, Metro Manila Development Authority, member FROKS (Manila)
  • Lucito "Chito" Bertol (GS, 1954; HS, 1958) - Chair & President, Manila Seedling Bank Foundation Inc.
  • Jerry Calderon - Coca-Cola USA, member FROKS (Manila)
  • Antonio M. Molina - composer, conductor, pedagogue, historian, and music administrator, Premio Zobel awardee (1985)
  • Jonathan Allen Yabut (GS 1998, HS 2002) - Season 1 winner of the hit reality TV show, The Apprentice Asia hosted by Malaysian business mogul Tony Fernandes
  • Pablo Cabahug - is a noted fashion designer in the Philippines. He won the Look of Style Awards 2010
  • SPO3 Jaime Castro (Commerce) - Presidential Security Group (PSG), Philippine National Police (PNP) Covert Security Team for Pope John Paul II (1995), PSG Head for Food and Beverage Unit for the pontiff Pope Francis (2015), President Corazon Aquino and President Benigno Aquino III
  • Engr. Carlos R. Maningat - (Elem, HS) Senior Manager, United Laboratories Inc.
  • Ted McKinney - (HS,76-BSC,81) Contract Manager,TNT Logistics USA
  • Grepor "Butch" Belgica - Undersecretary of Dangerous Drugs Board

Sources

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References

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