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THE GOLDEN AGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
1960 -66
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FALL FROM GR ACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
1967-85
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1986 -98
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R EDEDICATION A ND HOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
1999-2009
30 ON T H E G O OD SI DE OF H I S T ORY BE GI N N I NG S 31
Batch 1948 included Ladislao L. Reyes of Tacloban, Leyte, Generoso
Jacinto of Malabon, Rizal, Benjamin A. Bongolan of Urdaneta, Pangasinan,
Romeo R. Bringas of Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Bonifacio Cacdac, Jr. of Manila, and
Cipriano Primicias, Jr of Lingayen, Pangasinan.
Ladislao Reyes and Generoso Jacinto, Sr., both 1949 bar topnotchers
(7th and 8th respectively), would have distinguished careers, the first in the
insurance industry, and the second as UP Law professor and practitioner.
Ladislao Reyes’ sister, Marina Reyes, a UP Education graduate, would mar-
ry Leonie Perez. Leonie and Nena’s son, Leonardo Byron Perez, Jr., would
become an Alphan and a posthumous governor of Nueva Vizcaya because of
a successful election protest that was overtaken by his early death in 2007.
Two of Jack Jacinto’s sons (Gerry and Gene) would become Alphans
and two of his daughters (Jenny and Grace) Phi Delta Alphans (sister sorori-
ty of the Alphans, founded in 1958) and marry Alphans Orly Mirabueno and
Sanchez Ali, both Lord Chan-
cellors, in the 1970s, launching
a short-lived Jacinto dynasty in
the Alpha Phi Beta.
The last batch of the de-
cade, 1949, would be a little
bigger, perhaps about 15, and
it included Jaime M. Cortes
and Cesar Pangalangan of Ur-
daneta, Pangasinan, Eduardo
Tutaan of Manila, Felix Bello,
Jr. of Aparri, Cagayan, Felipe
T. Cuison of Dagupan, Pangasi-
nan, Perpetuo Nafarrete Jr of
Bolinao, Pangasinan, Carlos
R. Buenviaje of Albay, Mario
F.V. Borromeo of Cebu City,
Wilhelmo C. Fortun of Agusan,
and Agripino R. de Guzman of
Indang, Cavite. Jimmy Cortes
would become UP Chief of Po-
lice in the 1960s, at the height
of Alphan power, and move on
BEFORE THE STORM: Just back from New York,
THREE LIONS: From left, center, Augusto Caesar Espiritu,
to an international career in en- Tato Constantino is lionized in the press for sartorial
Leonardo Perez and Abraham Sarmiento at a banquet, late 1940s. treprenurial development with elegance and intellectual sophistication.
76 ON T H E G O OD SI DE OF H I S T ORY WA R A N D SU RV I VA L 77
An aerial view of Diliman in mid-1960s, at the
height of glamour and power of the Romulo years.
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THE
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Glory Days: Alphans in front of Bocobo Hall, 1968
had to study hard and there was little time for monkey business.”
Except for the twin Alphan terms in the Collegian, the fraternity was
locked out of campus politics during the Seventies. There was no student
council from 1972 to 1978; after that, the left and its allies would be pretty
much in command. This left the Alphans no room to flex their political mus-
cles in the College of Law.
Except in 1975-76, when Dodo Sarmiento won over Sigma Rhoan Aveli-
no Cruz as Law Student Government president, the Alphans did not fare
very well in College of Law politics. Law students, compared to AS and other
UP students, tended to be more conservative politically and not disposed to
tangle with the authorities. This would pose a distinct disadvantage for Al-
phans with their more militant tradition.
Even with Ditto Sarmiento’s sterling example as a committed student,
the magic did no wonders for Joey Lina who lost the LSG presidency to an-
other fraternity’s candidate in 1977-78. The next two Alphan candidates for
1978-79 and 1979-80, Ramon Esguerra and Bobby Lucila, would also lose
to their more conservative opponents. In the latter fight, for instance, Bobby
Lucila and Rufus Rodriguez, later a congressman from Misamis Oriental,
effectively split the activist and independent vote and this led to the narrow
win of the Sigma Rho candidate, Raoul Angangco. AT THE TAMBAYAN: Alphans drive martial law blues away.
THREE LORD CHANCELLORS: ACHIEVERS: (clockwise, from top left) Arveen Agunday, Danny Peckley,
(from left) Carlo Olivar, Melvin Banzon Ruben Acebedo, Jovette Cerbo, Christian Señeres and Robel Lomibao
and Malcolm Madriaga
1939 BENEDICTO BALDERAMMA 1955-56 SANTIAGO F. DUMLAO (1st) 1971-72 ORLANDO A. MIRABUENO 1991-92 NICASIO B. BAUTISTA III
1940 ANTONIO L. AZORES (1st) DONATO SOR SUYAT (2nd) 1972-73 OSCAR M. ORBOS 1992-93 AMER HUSSEIN MAMBUAY
ADRIANO P. GARCIA (2nd) 1956-57 REMBERTO A. MACLANG (1st) 1973-74 MARIANO P. SARMIENTO II 1993-94 ALEXANDER L. LACSON
1941 BIENVENIDO C. EJERCITO ROLANDO P. ARJONILLO (2nd) 1974-75 TOMAS N. PRADO 1994-95 THOR CAUSING
1946 AGUEDO F. AGBAYANI (2nd) 1957-58 GREGORIO C. MANIO, JR. (1st) 1975-76 JORGE V. SARMIENTO 1995-96 ALLAN ENRIQUEZ
1947 EZEQUIEL M. ZABALLERO GAUDENCIO S. SADICON (2nd) 1976-77 ELEUTERIO P. SARMIENTO 1996-97 ROMMEL CUISON
1947-48 CELSO E. UNSON (1st) 1958-59 ROLANDO M. RIVERA (1st) REYNALDO B. DAWAY 1997-98 DENNIS ACORDA
ANDRES T. VELARDE (2nd) MANUEL D. ORTEGA (2nd) 1977-78 SANCHEZ ALI 1998-99 MARIO ZINAMPAN
1948-49 ABRAHAM F. SARMIENTO (1st) 1959-60 HEHERSON T. ALVAREZ (1st) 1978-79 GERARDO R. JACINTO DOMINIC SOLIS
BALDOMERO M. VILLAMOR (2nd) ANTONIO R. TUPAZ (2nd) GIL M. TABIOS 1999-00 REY FEIZAL MILLAN
1949-50 CRISOSTOMO DE LOS REYES (1st) 1960-61 HERMENEGILDO C. DUMLAO 1979-80 JOSE B. CASTIGADOR, JR. 2000-01 JUDE SUDARIO
NESTOR E. GONZALES (2nd) 1961-62 CRISANTO T. SARUCA 1980-81 DENNIS C. HABAWEL 2001-02 ARMAND TALBO
1950-51 ALEXANDER S. GONZALES (1st) 1962-63 HENRY M. LOPEZ 1981-82 ANDREW T. LAGMAY 2002-03 RUBEN ACEBEDO
JOSE S. PASION (2nd) 1963-64 JOSE M. RAMOS 1982-93 BENJAMIN L. PALOMIQUE, JR. 2003-04 JOSEPH CRUZ
1951-52 FROILAN M. BACUNGAN (1st) 1964-65 GEORGE L. HOWARD 1983-84 ANTONIO A. VER, JR. 2004-05 VER ANGELO SUMABAT
ZOILO A. ANDIN (2nd) 1965-66 SOTERO C. MENDOZA 1984-85 JOSE J. AURELIO 2005-06 JESUS MALCOLM G. MADRIAGA
1952-53 MAURO M. CASTRO (1st) 1966-67 JOSE V. BARCELONA, JR. 1985-86 WILFREDO IKE P. ROSERO 2006-07 ARCHIMEDES GONZALES
BENJAMIN S. SOMERA (2nd) 1967-68 SAMUEL T. RAMEL (1st) 1986-87 JOSE VICENTE M. OPINION 2007-08 CARLO U. OLIVAR
1953-54 CAMILO P. CABILI (1st) NESTOR F. BORBON (2nd) 1987-88 ARNIE T. OCLARIT 2008-09 JEFFREY RODEN
VICTORINO A. SAVELLANO (2nd) 1968-69 FRANKLIN S. FAROLAN 1988-89 RUFINO L. POLICARPIO III DAVID BEN LINDO
1954-55 EMMANUEL S. TIPON (1st) 1969-70 BERNARDO P. BRINGAS 1989-90 DON JOMAR M. OLEGARIO 2009-10 RYAN P. OLIVA
SIME D. HIDALGO (2nd) 1970-71 OMAR D. VIGILIA 1990-91 MANUEL OYSON III 2010-11 MELVIN L. BANZON