This year’s UP Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Awardees were conferred their respective awards during the annual alumni homecoming and reunion held on June 25 at the Ang Bahay ng Alumni, UP Diliman, Quezon City.
The list, headed by Engr. David M. Consunji, BSCE’46, LLD’93, as UPAA Most Distinguished Alumnus, and Ms. Amina Rasul Bernardo, AB’75, as UPAA Most Distinguished Alumna, is composed of 46 individuals, two UPAA chapters, and seven multi-generation UP alumni families. Among the 46 alumni awardees, 11 are from UP Manila. They are Dr. Cornelio G. Banaag, Jr., AB ’58, MD ’63; Dr. Mario S. de Villa, MD ’56; Dr. Lourdes Ladrido-Ignacio, MD’ 63; and Dr. Zorayda E. Leopando, BS ’70; MD ’75 as recipients of the UPAA Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award; Dr. John Mark S. Velasco, BS ’99 cl; MD ’04; MPH ’10 for the UPAA Distinguished Alumni Award in Medical Science Research; Prof. Roderick L. Salenga, BS Phar ’04; MPH ’07 for the UPAA Distinguished Alumni Award in Public Health; Prof. Nina Consorcia Castillo-Carandang, AB ’84 and Dr. Leo D.P. Cubillan, BS’86 mcl; MD’91 for the UPAA Distinguished Alumni Award in Public Health Promotion, Dr. Ferdiliza Dandah S. Garcia, BSSpPath ’98 for the UPAA Distinguished Alumni Award in Community Promotion, Dr. Basil H. Jajurie, MD ’58, UPAA Distinguished Alumni Award in Community Empowerment, and Comm. Elsie Brandes-de Veyra, GN’55, Distinguished Alumni Award in Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development.
The UPAA Distinguished Alumni Awards are conferred on alumni who have demonstrated extraordinary achievements and excellent contributions in their chosen fields that bring about substantial benefits to society and distinct honor to the University.
Two of the seven multi-generational UP alumni awardees have UP Manila connections. They are the Limson Family and Rosell Family.
