Prof. Lilia Quindoza-Santiago, PhD, former professor at the UP Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas (DFPP), has passed away. She was 72.
A prolific writer and a passionate teacher, Quindoza-Santiago or LQS, was a fellow at the UP Institute of Creative Writing for many years.
According to the Edilberto and Edith Tiempo Creative Writing Center of the Silliman University, LQS taught for over 30 years in UP. After her retirement, she served as Assistant Professor of Ilokano at the Department of Indo Pacific Languages and Literatures at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa for nine years.
An award-winning writer, anthologist and literary critic, LQS was chosen as the Makata ng Taon by the Surian ng Wikang Pambansa [now the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino] for her poem Sa Ngalan ng Ina, ng Anak, ng Diwata’t Paraluman.
Among her works include poetry collections Kagampan (Kalikasan Press, 1989] and Asintada (University of the Philippines Press, 1997) and her short story collection Ang Manggagamot ng Salay-Salay at Iba Pang Kuwento (Kalikasan Press, 1989).
Photo credit: Dr. Lilia Quindoza-Santiago’s Facebook
UP Diliman (UPD) Institute of Mathematics (IM) Professor Emeritus
René P. Felix passed away on Feb. 1 due to pneumonia and other
complications. He was 70.
Felix, whose specialization is in mathematical crystallography and
group theory, earned his PhD from UPD in 1980. He holds the distinction
of being the first PhD graduate in Mathematics from UPD.
In the IM Facebook page, the Institute described Felix as a “a
beloved professor and mentor and an accomplished researcher. Through his
classrooms have passed hundreds of students professing the greatest of
admiration for his inspired and inspiring teaching. He contributed
profoundly to Mathematics research in the country through his
publications in group theory, particularly in the fields of mathematical
crystallography and color symmetry, attracting and mentoring several
generations of students to do research in these fields, for which he
received the highest recognitions and accolades from students, peers,
the University, and professional bodies here and abroad.”
Felix served as Chairman of the then Department of Mathematics from
1986 to 1990. He also served as president of the Mathematical Society of
the Philippines, editor of Matimyas Matematika and president of the UPD
Mathematics Foundation, Inc. Upon his retirement in 2016, UP bestowed
upon Felix the rank of Professor Emeritus for his “exceptional
achievements and outstanding service.”
For his numerous researches in mathematics, Felix received numerous academic awards, among them the Outstanding Young Scientist Award in Mathematics from the Department of Science and Technology-National Academy of Science and Technology (DOST-NAST) in 1987; the UPD Gawad Tsanselor para sa Pinakamahusay na Guro in 1992, 1996 and 2004; the 1999 National Research Council of the Philippines Achievement Award in Mathematics; Prof. Ernesto Santos and Prof. Remedios David-Santos Meritorious Service Award in 2009; and the UP Scientific Productivity Award in 2011 and 2014.
Author: Bino Gamba Photographer: UP Dliman Institute of Mathematics
A SCENE from Lamberto V. Avellana’s 1965 film Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, with Naty Crame-Rogers (left), Vic Silayan, and Daisy Hontiveros-Avellana as Paula, Bitoy, and Candida, respectively. — LVN FILM ARCHIVES
ONE of the country’s premier actresses
and theater pioneers, Natividad “Naty” Crame-Rogers, died on Feb. 2. She
had just turned 97 in the last week of December 2020.
Her maiden name was famous enough; the military camp Camp
Crame bore her grandfather General Rafael Crame’s name. But she made her
own mark on the stage and screen.
Her best known role was playing the spinster Paula in Lamberto Avellana’s 1965 screen adaptation of Nick Joaquin’s play A Portrait of the Artist as a Filipino.
She came to the role well prepared, having performed it onstage in
Avellana’s stage production for the Barangay Theater Guild. She worked
with multiple theater groups through the years including UP Repertory
Company, the Metropolitan Theater, and Tanghalang Pilipino. In her
younger days, she had played Jose Rizal’s hapless lover Leonor Rivera in
the play The Love of Leonor Rivera by Severino Montano, a role she played often for many years.
Younger audiences might remember her as one of the hermanas in the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ (CCP) screen adaptation of Noli me Tangere.
A profile uploaded on her alma mater St.
Scholastica’s College’s website lists her many achievements. These
include a 1994 Cultural Center of the Philippines Gawad Award in
Theater, and a National Commission of Culture and the Arts (NCCA)
Centennial Award for Women. She was also credited for establishing the
University of Santo Tomas (UST) Graduate School Academic Theater, and
establishing the St. Scholastica’s College Children and Teachers’
Theater. In 2016, she was the subject of the book Naty Crame Rogers: A Life in Theater, written by Amadis Ma. Guerrero.
Born in Manila on Dec. 23, 1922, she was the daughter of a
teacher, Espectacion Cabezas, and a musician-composer, Ramon Crame. She
married retired Colonel Joe Rogers. After graduating high school at St.
Scholastica’s, she went on to study at the University of the
Philippines (UP) where she earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and
letters. Under a Fulbright
scholarship, she earned a Masters of arts degree in speech and drama
education at Stanford University, then took further graduate courses on
Children’s Theater and Television at the University of California in Los
Angeles.
An educator, “she introduced drama in education in
Philippine schools,” notes the CCP Encyclopedia of the Arts. “Long
affiliated with the Philippine Normal College (PNC), she began the
undergraduate specialization in drama and speech so that school could
run classroom drama and organize Children’s Theater organizations in
their own communities,” it says.
She also founded the Amingtahanan Sala Theater, where plays were performed in her living room.
In an interview in the Philippine Star titled “For Naty Crame Rogers, all the world’s a stage” by Edu Jarque, she said, “As an actor and as a dramatist, the world is my laboratory. I watch and observe people.” — JL Garcia
We
send our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Rebecca
“Bekai” A. Encarnacion (HS’82, BABroadComm’91) who passed away February
5, 2021.
Her wake is at Gegato-Abecia Memorial Home, Balabago, Jaro starting February 7, 2021. Interment will be on February 10, 2021 at the Iloilo Memorial Park, Tagbak, Jaro after a 2:00pm mass at Our Lady of Monserrat Parish at Gran Plains Subd, Jaro.
It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our dearest “Mommy” Dr. Lilia Arbues Torres on February 1, 2021.
As much as we would love to see the relatives and friends who were touched by Mommy’s kindness, we regret to inform you that there are wake restrictions imposed by St. Peter Chapels in accordance with strict IATF guidelines.
Persons under 18 years old or above 60 years old will not be allowed inside the Chapel. It really pains us to deprive Mommy’s beloved friends, colleagues, and relatives the chance to be with her one last time, but we must abide by the current restrictions and health protocols.
May we invite you instead to join us in a virtual Memorial Service for Mommy on Friday, February 5, 2021, 5:00 PM, Manila Time.
Topic: Dr. Lilia A. Torres – Memorial Service Manila Time: Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM US Time (West Coast): Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, 1:00 AM – 4:00 AM US Time (East Coast): Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, 4:00 AM – 7:00 AM Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8456389465… Meeting ID: 845 638 9465 Passcode: GsA4uD
For those not covered by the aforementioned age restrictions, we invite you to the wake:
Date: February 4 – 5, 2021 (Thursday and Friday)
Place : Chapel Room 214
St. Peter Chapels – Commonwealth
Commonwealth Avenue, Matandang Balara, Quezon City
Time : 8:00 am – 12:00 noon; 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
A maximum of ten (10) persons will be allowed inside the viewing room at all times. This is in adherence to proper social distancing and other health protocols (face masks and face shields) as required.
We would greatly appreciate it if the guests would limit their stay to 30 minutes to allow others to visit. Please also bear with us and expect some queueing.
Interment details are as follows: Date: February 6, 2021 (Saturday) Place: Himlayang Pilipino, Quezon City Time: 10:00 AM
NAPOLEON ABUEVA
National Artist for Sculpture (1976) (January 26, 1930 – February 16, 2018)
At 46 then, Napoleon V. Abueva, a native of Bohol, was the youngest National Artist awardee. Considered as the Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture, Abueva helped shape the local sculpture scene to what it is now. Being adept in either academic representational style or modern abstract, he has utilized almost all kinds of materials from hardwood (molave, acacia, langka wood, ipil, kamagong, palm wood and bamboo) to adobe, metal, stainless steel, cement, marble, bronze, iron, alabaster, coral and brass. Among the early innovations, Abueva introduced in 1951 was what he referred to as “buoyant sculpture” — sculpture meant to be appreciated from the surface of a placid pool. In the ’80s, Abueva put up a one-man show at the Philippine Center, New York. His works have been installed in different museums here and abroad, such as The Sculpture at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
Some of his major works include Kaganapan (1953), Kiss of Judas (1955),Thirty Pieces of Silver, The Transfiguration (1979), Eternal Garden Memorial Park, UP Gateway (1967), Nine Muses (1994), UP Faculty Center, Sunburst (1994)-Peninsula Manila Hotel, the bronze figure of Teodoro M. Kalaw in front of National Library, and murals in marble at the National Heroes Shrine, Mt. Samat, Bataan.
Prof. Daisy B. Atienza, former faculty member of the UP School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SoLAIR), passed away on Jan. 9. She was 86.
“Atienza was a pioneer faculty member and proponent of the ladderized
Diploma / Master of Industrial Relations (DipIR/MIR) Program in the
critical and challenging transition of the Asian Labor Education Center
(ALEC) in the early 1980s into UP SoLAIR,” posted SoLAIR in its FB page.
Atienza first joined the UP ALEC as a college librarian, and later as a training specialist. She was credited for “working closely with the late Dean Manuel A. Dia, and College Secretary Augusto P. Mercado, and later the late Dean Jose C. Gatchalian She was instrumental in preparing the proposal and in defending the curriculum of the Industrial Relations academic program when these were presented at the then University Council, and for the approval of the necessary budget and faculty items with top UP officials, including UP Presidents Emanuel Soriano and the late Edgardo J. Angara.”
The Office of Counseling and Guidance (OCG) mourns the loss of
Guidance Services Specialist (GSS) Delia D. Laguyo who died Jan. 13
after a long and fierce battle with cancer. She was 64.
An office under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (OVCSA), OCG made the announcement of her passing on their Facebook page on Jan. 16.
Laguyo served UP Diliman for 33 years. She began as a graduate
assistant on Jan. 15, 1982, then as a library aide at the College of
Science on Aug. 1, 1987 before transferring to OCG as Guidance Services
Specialist GSS on Oct. 1, 1992, where she remained for 28 years until
she opted to retire last Jan. 31, 2020.
A dedicated professional, Laguyo worked as an examiner for
pre-employment and scholarship psychological testing and for qualifying
examinations in graduate and certificate programs in different UP units
particularly in the Diliman Extension Program in Pampanga.
She also chaired the annual University Job Fair, an OCG major event,
on several occasions. She chaired the event for the last time in 2016.
She was resource speaker and facilitator in various training,
seminars, and other student-related activities in different colleges in
and out of UP, and held various administrative positions such as OCG
Special Disbursement Officer and even as Vinzons Hall Building
Administrator.
Laguyo received the 2013 Gawad OVCSA for her more than 25 years of service in UP.
Laguyo also served as examiner for the UP College Admissions Test (both on-campus and provincial assignments).
Affectionately known as “Ma’am Delia,” Laguyo served as a motherly
figure to her co-workers, who describe her as “a dear friend who
believes and trusts in God no matter what she is experiencing, even
taking time to send messages of love and concern.”
Some of the encouraging words she was known for are “continue to be
an advocate of kindness to others,” “smile lang; miss ko na ikaw,” and
“continue your journey to read and follow God’s plan for you.”
A woman with deep faith in God, Laguyo sent the following message to
her co-workers during her last months: “My mind says I am strong, but my
body aches. God is good, He always sustains my strength. Let us praise
and thank God together!”
We send our sympathies to the family of Dr. Linda T. Esquera (BS’68 UPI), who passed away last January 15, 2021. She was the Head of the Department of Health in Zambales.
Her wake is in San Marcelino, Zambales. Interment will be on January 19, 2021 at 7:00 am. [Al Destacamento]
