The University of the Philippines may have more than a hundred distinguished alumni: Five Philippine presidents, three vice presidents, six Senate presidents, thirteen Supreme Court justices, and 40 past and present senators; and the heroes of our democracy such as Benigno Aquino, Jovito Salonga, and Lorenzo Tañada.

Yet not one of its 60 colleges, schools, and institutes had been named after a distinguished alumnus or any person for that matter.   The highest honor given them has been to name a building after them: for example, Quezon Hall, the main administration building for instance after President Manuel Quezon, and Romulo Hall, where the Asian Center is after Carlos P. Romulo.   An anomaly is that there isn’t even a building named after Ninoy Aquino, a UP Law alumnus, who defied the Marcos dictatorship and was killed for it.

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