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23 unusual facts about Ateneo de Manila University


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The group was formed when all four members were in their college days, such as that of Gian being from La Salle, Chino being from Ateneo, and Wackie being an alumus of UP Diliman.

Alfred Yuson

He also teaches fiction and poetry at Ateneo de Manila University, where he holds the Henry Lee Irwin Professorial Chair in Creative Writing. His two novels, "The Great Philippine Jungle Café" and "Voyeurs & Savages" are studies of Philippine culture.

Amando Tetangco, Jr.

He went on to pursue his AB Economics degree at the Ateneo de Manila University, where he graduated cum laude; he also took up graduate courses in business administration in the same institution.

Antonio Carpio

He obtained his undergraduate degree in Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University, and his law degree from the University of the Philippines.

Chito Miranda

Miranda attended grade school and high school at the Ateneo de Manila University where he met Gab Chee Kee, Vinci Montaner, Jeric Estaco, and Mikko Yap.

Elsa Martinez Coscolluela

In My Father's House was also staged at the Ateneo de Manila University in January 2010 as Sa Tahanan ng Aking Ama, produced by ENTABLADO (ENterteynment para sa TAo, Bayan, LAnsangan at DiyOs, Eng. Entertainment for the People, Country, Street and God), the socio-political theater organization of the university, in line with its 27th* season: Taon ng Pagbanyuhay.

Eric Salamat

Salamat played for the Ateneo de Manila University Men's Senior Basketball team in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines from 2006 to 2010.

Ernesto Maceda

Maceda earned his associate in Arts degree, Magna Cum Laude in 1952, and bachelor of Laws degree, Cum Laude, from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1956.

Gab Chee Kee

Chee Kee is one of four members of Parokya ni Edgar who attended Ateneo de Manila University during their grade school to high school years.

Georgina Wilson

Wilson attended High School at Assumption College, Makati, Philippines before starting an Economics degree at Ateneo de Manila University.

Grace Riñoza-Plazo

She then pursued law studies at the Ateneo de Manila College of Law, where she graduated in 1981, and where she placed 30th in that year's bar examination.

Hope for the Flowers

It was most recently staged in 2006 by Blue Repertory, a musical theater organization in the Ateneo de Manila University, under the direction of Macky Santiago.

James A. Martin

Just two weeks before Martin's death, he was visited by Ateneo de Manila University president Bienvenido Nebres, who gave him a jacket of the Ateneo basketball team that he had coached some 70 years earlier.

From 1928 to 1931, Martin taught English, Latin and Greek at the Ateneo de Manila High School, a Jesuit-run school in Manila, the Philippines.

Joseph A. O'Hare

He trained for the priesthood at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines, where he was ordained in 1961.

Loyola Meralco Sparks F.C.

The team was founded by former Ateneo de Manila University and high school varsity football players and employees in 2006 who share a common passion for the sport.

Nicanor Perlas

He finished his elementary education at the Ateneo de Manila University in 1964 and finished his secondary education in the same school in 1968.

Ricardo Saludo

He completed his undergraduate studies in 1977 at the Ateneo de Manila University with a bachelor's degree in literature, cum laude.

Robinsons Place Manila

Robinsons Manila was originally built in the 1980s, on the site of what was then the campus of the Ateneo de Manila University before it relocated to Loyola Heights and the Assumption Convent before it relocated to San Lorenzo Village, Makati.

Roosevelt Science High School

In Mathematics, Science, English, and Research are handled mostly by faculty members from the College of Education of the University of the Philippines and Ateneo de Manila University and other prestigious universities in the Philippines.

Suchen Christine Lim

This residentship honour was also extended to her at the University of Western Australia in Perth, the Moniack Mhor Writers' Centre in the Scottish Highlands and Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines.

Wesley Gonzales

At 6-foot-5, Gonzales played for the 2002 UAAP championship squad of the Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles, and was named co-Finals MVP, along with teammate Larry Fonacier.

Wilson Lee Flores

He studied AB Management Economics (where one of his economics professors was future Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo) and later shifted to BS Legal Management at the Ateneo de Manila University, since he found the law subjects of this course more interesting and he was then planning to go afterwards to law school.


Buenaventura S. Medina Jr.

He has served as a professor at the Far Eastern University, the Ateneo de Manila University, and the De La Salle University.

Chris Cantada

The band made up of Yael Yuzon (vocals-guitar), Gosh Dilay (bass), Erwin Armovit (lead guitar) and Chris Cantada (drums) were all college buddies from the Ateneo de Manila University.

Danny Sillada

Sillada obtained his BA Philosophy and Literature at the Queen of Apostles College Seminary, Davao (1986); his graduate and post graduate studies in Bachelor in Sacred Theology (1990) and Pastoral Theology (1991) at the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, and his MBA (units) at the Ateneo de Manila University (1993), Philippines.

Inocencio Junquera

Resil Mojares, Introduksiyon sa Modernong Teatrong Cebuano, in Dulaang Cebuano (Manila: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1997).

Joaquin Bernas

Bernas served as Dean of Ateneo Law School, President of Ateneo de Manila University from 1984 to 1993, a Member of the Constitutional Commission formed by President Corazon Aquino in 1986, a Provincial Superior of the Society of Jesus in the Philippines, and a Director of the Philippine Stock Exchange.

Lamberto V. Avellana

Born in Bontoc, Mountain Province, Avellana was educated at the Ateneo de Manila AB '37, where he developed what turned out to be a lifelong interest in the theater.

Maricar Reyes

She finished her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the Ateneo de Manila University and studied medicine at the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery.

Martin Teofilo Delgado

He went to school at the Santa Barbara Parochial School and later at the St. Vincent Ferrer Seminary, then known as Seminario de San Vicente Ferrer, in Jaro and Ateneo Municipal in Manila.

Ricardo Ramírez

Whilst working on the Family Religious Education Project in Tehuacán from 1970 to 1976, Ramírez furthered his studies at the East Asian Pastoral Institute of the Ateneo de Manila University in Manila (1973-1974).

Roberto de Ocampo

De Ocampo graduated from De La Salle College (1962) and the Ateneo de Manila University (1967) where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics (Cum Laude).

Sangley

The Spanish government created schools and colleges run mostly by religious Orders, including the Colegio de San Juan de Letran, the Ateneo Municipal, the Universidad de Santo Tomás in Manila, or the Colegio de San Ildefonso in Cebu, that were opened to all types of students, regardless of race, gender or financial status in case of primary instruction.

Sergio Osmeña III

He studied his secondary studies at the St. Clement’s College in Iloilo, Ateneo de Manila and Beaumont College in Berkshire, England.

Sergio Osmeña, Jr.

He graduated Associate of Arts cum laude at Ateneo de Manila on 1935 and Bachelor of Science in Commerce summa cum laude, New York University in 1938.

Shakey's V-League 10th Season 1st Conference

At the end of the elimination round, the Lady Eagles of the Ateneo de Manila University and the Lady Bulldogs of the National University emerged on the top of standings in their respective group via complete sweep 4–0.

UAAP Football Championship

As of today, seven out of the eight member universities field a team in the men and women divisions: the Ateneo de Manila University, the De La Salle University, the Far Eastern University, the National University, the University of the East, the University of the Philippines, and the University of Santo Tomas.

UAAP Season 71

The UAAP Season 71 Table Tennis tournament began on September 20, 2008 at the Blue Eagle Gym inside the Ateneo de Manila University campus.