For its 108th year, the University of the Philippines Alumni Association (UPAA) is proud to announce its 2021 Distinguished Alumni Awardees. Heading the elite group of University of the Philippines graduates is National Artist Prof. Raymundo “Ryan” Cayabyab, BM’83, who has been named as the year’s UPAA Most Distinguished Alumnus.
The 2021 UPAA Distinguished Alumni Awardees, judiciously chosen for their outstanding achievements in their respective fields of specialization, are the following:
UPAA MOST DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS
Prof. Raymundo Cipriano P. Cayabyab, BM’83
UPAA LIFETIME DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Ms. Phoebe Cabotaje-Andes, BSN’56
Justice Francis H. Jardeleza, AB’69; LLB’74 cl
Arch. Antonio A. Turalba, BSArch’67
Dr. Reynaldo L. Villareal, BSA’67; MS’75
UPAA DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS:
Banking Innovation
Mr. Henry Rhoel R. Aguda, BS’88; DJuris’08 cl
Community Development
Dr. Julie P. Caguiat, BS’90 mcl; MD’95
Community Planning for Social Transformation
Dr. Leonora C. Angeles, AB’84 cl; MA’89
Corporate Governance (Banking and Finance)
Ms. Cecilia Cayosa-Borromeo, BSAB’79
Corporate Governance (Pharmaceutical Industry)
Engr. Jose Maria A. Ochave, BSChE’86; LLB’92
Culture and the Arts (Music)
Dr. Edgardo L. Manguiat, BSHRA’83
Culture and the Arts (Theater)
Mr. Florencio Louis Antonio C. Quintos, ABC’85
Educational Innovation
Dr. Eligia D. Clemente, BSMetE’76; MS’99; PhD’17
Engineering and Construction Management (Infrastructure Development)
Engr. Ramon F. Allado, BSCE’77
Entrepreneurship and Employment Creation
Engr. Raymund Arnold S. Alberto, BSGE’93
Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development (Mining)
Prof. Herman D. Mendoza, BSMetE’81; ME Env Eng’86
Foreign Service
Atty. Generoso D.G. Calonge, AB’76; LLB’85; ROTC’87
Atty. Jaime Victor B. Ledda, AB’84; LLB’88
Good Governance (Water Governance)
Mr. Ramon Eleuterio B. Alikpala, BSBE’84
Good Governance
Mayor Arlene B. Arcillas, BSBio’93
Ms. Andrea D. Domingo, AB’69
Humanitarian Services
Dr. Rodrigo Angelo C. Ong, BSChem’95
Ms. Evelyn Calica-Mayuga, BSOT’73
Medical Health Research
Dr. Herbert Y. Gaisano, BS’77 mcl; MD’81
Overseas Health Professional Empowerment
Dr. Abraham T. Rasul, Jr., BS’79; MD’83
Public Health Promotion
Dr. Manuel V. Vallesteros, DDM’89
Public Service
Senator Pilar Juliana S. Cayetano, AB’85 cl; LLB’91
Regional Empowerment, Legal Development, and Public Service (Legal Empowerment and Development)
Atty. Roberto Rafael V. Lucila, AB’76; LLB’80
Public Service for Welfare of Filipino Migrant and Contributions to Urban Planning and Innovation
Ms. Eleanor Guerrero-Campbell, AB’73 cl; MURP’78
Legal Development and Empowerment in the Protection of Women and Children
Ms. Mia Joy Oallares-Cawed, BSFS’78
Science and Technology (Molecular Biology)
Prof. Reynaldo L. Garcia, BS’85
Science and Technology (Archaeology)
Dr. Armand Salvador B. Mijares, AB’88; MA’95; DipArchae’97
Water Conservation and Sustainable Development
Engr. Francisco A. Arellano, BSChE’75
UPAA DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FOR AN ALUMNUS OR ALUMNA
Ms. Ethel G. Rubio, CAD’86
UPAA DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FOR AN ALUMNI CHAPTER
UPAA in America, Inc.
UPAA MULTI-GENERATION UP ALUMNI FAMILY AWARDS
Three Generations:
Cariño Family
Papasin-Tapang Family
Pineda-Romero Family
Tumangan
Family
Turalba Family
Four Generation:
Uson Noel Family
The UPAA Distinguished Alumni Awards
Each year, the UP Alumni Association (UPAA) honors UP alumni who have pre-eminently distinguished themselves. The awards are based on the concept that “when the prestige of the alumni increases, the prestige of the institution is thereby increased.”
Conceived in 1933, the Awards began with the UPAA Gold Medal of Merit and the Diploma of Honor. Until 1938, only two UP alumni were chosen annually to receive the awards. The awards were suspended in 1939, and again in 1941 to 1946, due to World War II. However, in 1947, four alumni were posthumously awarded as war heroes.
As the University grew older, more and more UP alumni attained distinction. Thus, in 1957, the UPAA began giving awards in the different service categories. These are what we call today the UPAA Distinguished Alumni Awards. In addition, as the UPAA’s activities multiplied and it began calling on the assistance of some of its members, the UPAA Service Award was created in 1968.
For 2020, the first year of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the UPAA decided to give just one unprecedented collective award – the UPAA Most Distinguished Alumni Award – to all UP Health Frontliners all over the world, living and deceased, who heroically continued to serve in their various lines of work in the face of the hazards of contagion to their lives.
Giving awards to the alumni for outstanding achievements amounts to honoring the Alma Mater itself. May the annual UPAA Distinguished Alumni Awards continue to serve as an inspiration for all UP alumni, in the process heaping ever greater honors on the University.
