Location: Diliman, Quezon City
Category: Association/Institution/Organization
Type: Institutional marker
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1985
Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)
Marker text:
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
FOUNDED ON JUNE 18, 1908 UNDER ACT NO. 1870 OF THE FIRST PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE. COMMEMORATED THE U.P. DIAMOND JUBILEE YEAR ON JUNE 18, 1983 TO REASSERT THE UNIVERSITY’S ROLE AS FOUNTAIN OF LEARNING AND SOURCE OF LEADERSHIP OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE. PROCLAMATION NO. 2147 OF HIS EXCELLENCY FERDINAND E. MARCOS, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, CREATED A PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON THE U.P. DIAMOND JUBILEE COMPOSED OF:
CESAR E.A. VIRATA
CHAIRMAN
ONOFRE D. CORPUS
CO-CHAIRMAN
EDGARDO J. ANGARA
VICE-CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS
MANUEL S. ALBA
ROBERTO S. BENEDICTO
FRANCISCO TANTUICO, JR.
SIMEON DATUMANONG
MUSS ISQUIERDO
JUAN PONCE ENRILE
MARIA KALAW KATIGBAK
EMIL Q. JAVIER
OSCAR M. ALFONSO
SECRETARY
DEDICATED ON THE 77TH FOUNDATION DAY, JUNE 18, 1985.