List of University of the Philippines people

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

1 Famous Students and Alumni
2 Notable Past and Present Faculty
3 The Metrobank Search for Outstanding Teachers (SOT): U.P. Winners
4 U.P. faculty members who are writers
5 National Artists from U.P.
6 External links
- 6.1 Official websites
- 6.2 Others

[edit] Famous Students and Alumni

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

Christian Bautista, singer

The Eraserheads, clockwise from top: Ely Buendia, Buddy Zabala, Raimund Marasigan and Marcus Adoro

Sitti Navarro, bossa nova artist

Tessie Tomas, film and television actress and writer

Emily Abrera, Chairman Emeritus, McCann-Erickson Philippines
Irma Adlawan, actress
Asia Agcaoili, actress; radio and television host; model; and men's magazine columnist
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
Renato Constantino, historian and social critic
Sharon Cuneta, singer, actress and television host
Kara David,award-winning broadcast journalist of GMA-7
Randy David, sociologist, columnist, former TV public affairs show 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
Claro Fernandez, reporter, mediaman, former Press Undersecretary
Ramon “Chito” Jao Garces, co-founder of Obie-awardwinning MA-YI Theater Company in New York
Tony Gloria, film producer
Romina Gonzalez, creative writer and journalist
Gary Granada, protest musician
Gigi Grande, broadcast journalist
Pia Guanio, television host
Gelacio Guillermo, poet, literary scholar, cultural activist
Von De Guzman, film music composer, musician and music teacher
Sinai Hamada, writer
Hemp Republic, reggae band
Abdulmari Asia Imao, visual artist and National Artist
Rolly Inciong, development communicator, former Public Awareness Manager of AusAID in the Philippines, currently communications specialist at USAID ECO-Asia Bangkok
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
Kartoon Chemistry, band
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
Anna Theresa Licaros, Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2007, BA Broadcast Communication, summa cum laude
Araceli Limcaco-Dans, visual artist
Charo Logarta, newscaster
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
Aji Manalo, owner of Acoustic Underground, recording engineer, music teacher and pianist
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
Rex Navarro, development communicator, former national director of the Agricultural Training Institute and currently information chief of ICRISAT in India
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
Romulo Sandoval, poet, translator; founding member of the progressive poets' group Galian sa Arte at Tula
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
Tess Stuart, development communicator, currently communication advocacy expert for UNICEF in South Asia
Kidlat Tahimik (formerly, Eric de Guia), film director
Renato Tayag, journalist
Bum Tenorio, Philippine Star columnist
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
Yano band members Dong Abay, Eric Gancio and Onie Badiang
Alfred Yuson, multiawarded writer and journalist
Jessica Zafra, writer
Arnold Zamora, composer and resident arranger of the Philippine Madrigal Singers
Dick Zamora, composer and musical director for LVN and Sampaguita Pictures

[edit] Business, Economics and Finance

Senate President Manuel Villar

Arsenio M. Balisacan, SEARCA Director, Professor of Economics UP Diliman
Jorge Araneta, businessman and developer of Araneta Center, Cubao
Arsenio Bartolome, banker
Teresa F. Bernabe, professor UP Business Administration, former Vice-President for Finance, UP System
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 Vice-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)
Mercedita S. Nolledo, Senior Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Senior Managing Director of Ayala Corporation; Director and Corporate Secratary of Ayala Land Inc., Director of BPI; Director and Treasurer of Philippine Tuberculosis Society
Bienvenido "Boy" Noriega, economist, banker and playwright
Federico Pascual, banker
Evanor Palac-McMiken, economist and director, Economic Analytical Unit (EAU), The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
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

White House executive chef Cristeta Comerford working in the White House kitchen.

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;
Delfin Ganapin, Jr., former DENR Undersecretary and now head of the UNDP Small Grants Program-Environment, in New York

[edit] Politics, Law and Governance

Michael Defensor, ormer Member of the Philippine House of Representatives and current Presidential Chief of Staff of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Sorsogon Representative Francis Escudero

former senator Loren Legarda

Philippine President Elpidio Quirino

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 J. Angara, Senate President and former President of the University of the Philippines
Benigno Aquino, Jr., martyred opposition senator
Glenn C. Aquino, Lawyer
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
Alan Peter Cayetano, Member of the House of Representatives
Pia Cayetano, Senator of the Philippines
Rene Cayetano, Senator of the Philippines
Edgardo Chatto, Lawyer, Member of the Philippine House of Representatives
Jose C. Concepcion, Lawyer
Avelino Cruz Jr., Secretary of National Defense
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
Perfecto Fernandez, Lawyer, law professor, UP College of Law
Estanislao Fernandez, Senator of the Philippines
Enrique Fernando, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Enrique Voltaire Garcia II, human rights lawyer
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
Victor P. Lazatin, Lawyer, Alternative Dispute Resolution pioneer
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
Rey Pagtakhan, former Canadian Cabinet Minister - Minister of Veterans Affairs, Secretary of State (Science, Research and Development) & Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific)- and Member of Parliament
Ricardo Paras, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Lorna Patajo-Kapunan, lawyer
Emmanuel Pelaez, Vice President of the Philippines
Reynato Puno, current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 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
Teodoro D. Regala, 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
Lorenzo M. Tañada, four-time Philippine Senator, nationalist and civil libertarian
Arturo Tolentino, Senate President
Ruben D. Torres, former Labor and Executive Secretary
Simeon Valdez, President, Integrated Bar of the Philippines
Rogelio A. 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

Nereo Andolong, President, Philippine Olympic Committee
Eric Altamirano, basketball coach and former member of the U.P. Fighting Maroons basketball team
Jun Bernardino, former member of the U.P. Fighting Maroons basketball team, Commissioner of the PBA, and Commissioner of the NCAA
Rafael Matthew Chua, swimmer, 2004 Athens Olympics
Marvin Cruz, former U.P. Fighting Maroons player and current Philippine Basketball League Player
Rene Cruz, President, Philippine Olympic Committee
Ricky Dandan, former U.P. Fighting Maroons player and current asst. coach of the Air21 Express basketball team in the PBA
Ryan Gregorio, former U.P. Fighting Maroons player and current head coach of the Purefoods Chunkee Giants basketball team in the PBA
Jenny Rose Guerrero, swimmer
Yeng Guiao, current head coach of the Red Bull Barako team in the PBA and vice-governor of Pampanga
Jireh Ibañes, former U.P. Fighting Maroons player and current player of the Welcoat Dragons
Poch Juinio, former U.P. Fighting Maroons player and current player of the Alaska Aces
Teodoro Kalaw Jr., athlete, 1972 Munich Olympics
Joe Lipa, former commissioner of the UAAP and current U.P. Fighting Maroons basketball team coach
Ronnie Magsanoc, former U.P. Fighting Maroons player and current assistant coach of the Purefoods Chunkee Giants team in the PBA
Teodoro Malasig, athlete, 1936 Berlin Olympics
Paolo Mendoza, former U.P. Fighting Maroons player and current player of the Sta. Lucia Realtors
Benjie Paras, actor-comedian and former member of the U.P. Fighting Maroons basketball team and the PBA
Bo Perasol, former U.P. Fighting Maroons player and current head coach of the Air21 Express basketball team in the PBA
Bruce Quebral, former U.P. Fighting Maroons player, Pinoy Big Brother Season Two housemate
JR Reyes, former U.P. Fighting Maroons player and current player of the Welcoat Dragons
Abraham Santos, former U.P. Fighting Maroons player
Paul Supan, U.P. C.H.K. Bachelor of Sports Science graduate and current NCAA Athletic Director of Jose Rizal University

[edit] Notable Past and Present Faculty

Nicanor Abelardo, Filipino composer and former professor of music

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
Evangel P. Quiwa, book author and Professor of Computer Science at the UP College of Engineering
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
E. San Juan, Jr., poet and cultural critic
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
Ambeth R. Ocampo
Charlson Ong
Elmer Ordoñez
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;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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