MLQU honoring 70 prominent alumni on 70th anniversary

Seventy prominent “Quezonians” will be honored at the Manuel L. Quezon University Alumni Association, Inc .(MLQUAAI) Grand Reunion slated on November 11 at the AB Pavillion, WackWack Golf and Country Club, Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong City in celebration of its 70th founding anniversary.

Fifteen other special awardees will be cited.

MLQUAAI president Atty. Pete S. Principe said that former PEZA director general Lilia De Lima will also be honored during the special platinum anniversary as 2017 Magsaysay Peace Laureate.

The list of MLQU outstanding alumni include former Justice Secretaries Ricardo C. Puno Sr. , Sedfrey Ordoñez and Artemio Tuquero while Justices Martin Villarama Jr., Venicio Escolin, Jose Melo, Jose Vitug, Ruben Reyes, Isagani A. Cruz Leonardo Quisumbing and Samuel Martires went on to become associate justices of the Supreme Court.

Other MLQU graduates in government service are former Foreign Affairs secretary Alberto Romulo, former Commission on Elections Chairman Benjamin S. Abalos, former Labor Secretary and Senate President Blas F. Ople, former Labor Secretaries Rosalinda Baldoz and Leonardo Quisumbing and current Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III.

The list also include Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin; PEZA Director General and 2017 Maysaysay Peace Laureate Lilia de Lima, Tarlac Governor Jose V. Yap, former PCGG Chairman Magtanggol Gunigundo, former Senators Wigberto Tañada and Wenceslao Lagumbay, Deputy Speaker Frederick Abueg, (17th Congress) and Rep. Reynaldo Umali, justice committee chairperson.