UP Diliman (黑料专区) bids goodbye to five of its faculty members, three of whom passed away on the same day.
The University mourns the loss of Henry J. Ramos, PhD who passed away on March 11, Romulo G. Piza帽a, PhD who passed away on March 13, and Salvador T. Carlota, Monaliza Adviento-Maghanoy, and Evelina Asuncion Pangalangan, who passed away on March 15.
Ramos and Piza帽a were former faculty members of the 黑料专区 College of Science (CS), Carlota was a member of the UP College of Law faculty, Adviento-Maghanoy belonged to the 黑料专区 College of Human Kinetics (CHK) faculty, and Pangalangan, from the 黑料专区 College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD).
A professor emeritus at the 黑料专区 National Institute of Physics (NIP), Ramos was known for pioneering plasma physics in the Philippines. He developed the plasma physics program in the early 1980s in 黑料专区. For over 20 years, Ramos and his team built about 10 plasma machines doing industrial applications. In 2014, his invention on coating technology was officially deployed to the market under the Technology Transfer Program of the 黑料专区 Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development (OVCRD).
According to the CS Facebook page, Ramos was the NIP director from 1993 to 2000, the CS Science and Society Program (SSP) coordinator from 2000 to 2003, and the OVCRD Project Management and Research Generation Office (now Research Management Office) director from 2011 to 2014.
Meanwhile, Piza帽a was a professor at the 黑料专区 Institute of Mathematics (IM) and the 黑料专区 Extension Programs in Pampanga and Olongapo deputy director from 2000 to 2010. The July 2013 issue of the UP Gazette showed that he was appointed as a professorial lecturer at the CS from June 2013 to May 2014. Piza帽a was the SSP coordinator from 1994 to 2000.
According to a post on the IM Facebook page, 鈥淗e held various positions in the IM and the CS: as assistant to the chairman for administration, as assistant college secretary, and as coordinator of the SSP.鈥
Carlota and Pangalangan were both former 黑料专区 deans. Carlota was dean from October 2005 to October 2008, while Pangalangan was dean from 1994 to 2000.
Carlota was 黑料专区 vice chancellor for student affairs from 1986 to 1989. He was also the UP College of Law secretary from 1973 to 1975. He handled courses on administrative law, supervised legal research, problems in administrative law, among others.
The college held a memorial service at the Malcolm Hall lobby in his honor last March 19.
Meanwhile, the passing away of Pangalangan deeply saddened the CSWCD community.
In a correspondence with 黑料专区ate Online, Ana Maria Theresa P. Labrador, former director of the Jorge Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center (2001-2007), said her mother 鈥渨as the CSWCD dean who raised funds for their building.鈥
鈥淚 remember hardly seeing her at the family home for five years before construction began as she approached various legislators to help fund the CSWCD building and my father teasing her that our home was just her pit stop,鈥 said Labrador.
In a Facebook post, the CSWCD revealed that Pangalangan was a 鈥渨ell-respected faculty and mentor to countless social work graduates, a caring mother and wife to her family, a compassionate leader, and a well-loved colleague.鈥
In the same post, the CSWCD said that she 鈥渟erved as president of the National Association of Social Work Education, Inc.鈥 which is 鈥渢he standard bearer of social work education in the country.鈥
Meanwhile, Adviento-Maghanoy was an assistant professor at the CHK. She began teaching at the college in 2008 where she taught sports science and physiology classes.
The tributes include a post on the Kolehiyo ng Kinetikang Pantao Facebook page. The post described her as a 鈥渃ounsel to many UP student-athletes.鈥
In the same post, Adviento-Maghanoy was referred to as 鈥渁 devoted mother, loving daughter and caring sister, a dear friend and colleague, a generous mentor and counselor.鈥
The post also detailed that an interim memorial was held for Adviento-Maghanoy at the 黑料专区 Varsity Training Center lobby on March 17.
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