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Alpha Phi Beta (UP College of Law) – ΑΦΒ

The seal of the Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity - UP College of Law

The Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity is the exclusive College of Law fraternity in the University of the Philippines.

To this date, the Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity maintains its singular existence as a UP College of Law-based fraternity, with no recognized chapters outside the University of the Philippines in Diliman. Its present roster of Lords hails from the UP College of Law and from pre-law colleges in the University.

In October 1939, some juniors and sophomores of the College were moved to marshall unaffiliated scholars and student leaders into an organization that would be held together by close fraternal bonds. They aspired to be a relevant factor on campus, and in national affairs. The immediacy of their resolve was spurred by the desire to mobilize the studentry and place themselves in the forefront of the effort to dampen what they perceived was a threatened dictatorship about to be born when then Philippine President Manuel Quezon declared the creation of a “one-party” government.

It was in this context that the “Association of the Philippine Barristers” was conceived. In November 1939, the Charter Members adopted the Greek letters A Φ B equivalent to the organization’s initials. Charter member and respected nationalist-historian Renato Constantino wrote the Fraternity Motto “We shall not be saved without Wisdom, for Knowledge is Power, but only Wisdom is Liberty.”

All the founders were campus intellectual or political leaders. From its founding, intellectual or political leadership or the potential to rise to leadership – was the basis for the extension of an invitation to membership, and the standard by which all aspirants are evaluated so that they may qualify for eventual admission to its Roll of Lords.

Respected historian Renato Constantino, one of the most revered names for his insights on Philippine history and nationalism.

Respected historian Renato Constantino, one of the most revered names for his insights on Philippine history and nationalism.

The year 1940 was a year of expansion and consolidation for the Alphans. Those with the scholastic qualifications, and showed potential for leadership in campus and national affairs, were invited to join. The neophytes were oriented to the ideals and aspirations of the founders. Those who decided to proceed with their applications were made to undergo tests in skills essential to prove their actual possession of perceived potential, and commitment to the ideals and causes of the founders. No aspirant was turned down just because he did not have the social background or financial resources.

In addition, there were tests of humility, surrender of the individual to the larger aspirations and interests of the group, and the ability to yield total obedience to the consensus of the majority. While this seemed a simplistic approach, compared to the other fraternal organizations on the campus that believed that intensive physical tests sealed fraternal bonds, the founding brothers felt that those with a low threshold of pain, but nonetheless had all the other qualifications for membership and would be assets, would not be turned off and stay away. The approach worked, and the best minds on the campus joined the new fraternity.

By December 1941, the war in Europe had threatened to spread to the Pacific. The Brothers who were in the Philippine Army reserve were among the first to respond to the call to the colors. Japanese bombs dropped on Pearl Harbor, Clark Field, Sangley Point and Subic Naval Base. Manila was strafed.

Brothers saw action in Bataan and Corregidor. They fought in the resistance movement after Bataan and Corregidor fell. The University was closed through the three years of Japanese occupation. The tides of war changed. American forces recaptured New Guinea, Palau and Saipan. Then they landed on Leyte, Nasugbu and Lingayen. Finally, the Battle for Manila was fought and won.

The UP College of Law was re-opened at what was left of the Cancer Institute and the College of Engineering buildings on the Manila campus.
The Fraternity was reactivated. Brothers Adriano Garcia, Arturo Atienza, Renato Constantino, Bienvenido Ejercito, and Benedicto Balderama were the moving spirits. They also formed the Board of Editors of the 1942-46 Philippinensian. Adriano Garcia, as President of the University Senior Council, headed the editorial board of the first postwar Philippinensian.

The recruitment policy emphasizing scholarship and academic qualifications was carried over into the early post-war years. It has paid off for the Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity. The Roll of Editors of the Philippine Collegian, Philippine Law Journal, Philippinensian, and Philippine Law Register from the late 1940s to the 1980s are replete with Alphans. Since 1940, Alphans have consistently been in the top 10 of the annual Bar Examinations. The Order of Lord Chancellors and the Fraternity’s Roll of Lords contain some of the more distinguished names in the Philippines serving Government in the Executive, the Judiciary, the Legislature, and the Military, in legal education, in business and industry, and in the profession. Several Brothers have also been Bar Examiners, an acknowledgment of their eminence in their fields of practice.

And the Brothers, forged in the academic furnace of the University of the Philippines, went forth to the far-flung corners of the world. They continue the tradition of service and excellence instilled in them by the Fraternity in their adopted countries.

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[edit] Alphans in Government

[edit] JUDICIARY

[edit] Supreme Court

[edit] Court of Appeals

  • Associate Justice Bienvenido Ejercito

[edit] Sandiganbayan

  • Associate Justice Francisco Villaruz

[edit] Regional Trial Courts

  • Raul B. Villanueva
  • Louis P. Acosta

[edit] EXECUTIVE

[edit] Cabinet Members

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

  • Oscar Orbos

AGRARIAN REFORM

  • Heherson Alvarez

AGRICULTURE

  • Hector Soliman

BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT

  • Benjamin Diokno

SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING/NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

  • Gerardo Sicat

TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION

  • Arturo Corona
  • Oscar Orbos

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

  • Heherson Alvarez

[edit] Foreign Service

  • Amable Aguiluz III
  • Lauro Baja Jr.
  • Leonides Caday
  • Samuel Ramel

[edit] Armed Forces of the Philippines

  • Elias Lavadia (General, Air Force)
  • Rosendo Naval (Commodore, Navy)

[edit] Philippine National Police

  • Jigs Coronel (Colonel) 

[edit] LEGISLATIVE

[edit] The Senate

  • Heherson Alvarez
  • Robert Z. Barbers
  • Francis “Chiz” Escudero
  • Jose Lina
  • Ambrosio Padilla
  • Genaro Magsaysay
  • Leonardo Perez

[edit] House of Representatives

  • Antonio Abaya (Isabela)
  • Aguedo Agbayani (Pangasinan)
  • Robert Ace Barbers (Surigao del Norte)
  • Francis “Chiz” Escudero, Minority Floor Leader (Sorsogon)
  • Pablo John Garcia (Cebu)
  • Edcel Lagman (Albay)
  • Dante Liban (Quezon City)
  • Roan Libarios (Agusan del Norte)
  • Carlos Padilla (Nueva Vizcaya)
  • Hilario de Pedro (South Cotabato)
  • Manuel Sanchez (Rizal)
  • Francisco Sumulong (Rizal)
  • Hans Christian Señeres (BUHAY Partylist)
  • Mario Tagarao (Lucena City)
  • Oscar Orbos (Pangasinan)

[edit] LOCAL GOVERNMENT

[edit] Governors

  • Aguedo Agbayani (Pangasinan)
  • Alfred Aquino (Catanduanes)
  • Robert Ace Barbers (Surigao)
  • Macario Duguiang (Kalinga Province)
  • Oscar Orbos (Pangasinan)

[edit] Vice Governors

  • Cesar V. Sarmiento (Catanduanes)

[edit] Board Members

  • Ariel Arceo (Bulacan)
  • Reonel Saddul (Nueva Vizcaya)
  • Byron Perez (Nueva Vizcaya)

[edit] Mayors

  • Emmanuel Maliksi (Imus, Cavite)
  • Ramon Orfanel (Catanauan, Quezon Province)
  • Teodosio Valenton (Talavera, Nueva Ecija)
  • Carlos Padilla (Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya)

[edit] Vice Mayors

  • Florencio Floirendo (Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija)
  • Emmanuel Maliksi (Imus, Cavite)
  • Noel Roxas (Pandi, Bulacan)

[edit] Councilors

  • Ariel Arceo (Guiguinto, Bulacan)
  • John Bongat (Naga City)
  • Ralph Daniel Henson (Pampanga)
  • Ace Christian Liloc (Mariveles, Bataan)

[edit] CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSIONS

[edit] Commission on Elections

  • Ruben Agpalo (Commissioner)
  • Julio Desamito Sr. (Commissioner)
  • Jamie Opinion (Commissioner)
  • Victorino Savellano (Chair)
  • Leonardo Perez (Chair)

[edit] Commission on Human Rights

  • Hesiquio Mallillin (Chair)
  • Nasser Marohomsalic (Commissioner)

[edit] Presidential Commission on Good Government

  • Magdangal Elma (Chair)
  • Jorge V. Sarmiento (Commissioner)

[edit] OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

[edit] Executive Offices

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

  • Renato Valdecantos (Chief Executive Trustee, Asset Privatization Trust; Commissioner, Professional Regulation Commission)

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

  • Ambrosio H. Padilla (Solicitor General)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

  • Angelo Jimenez (Deputy Administrator, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration)
  • Alex Lopez (Labor Arbiter, National Labor Relations Commission)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION

  • Jorge V. Sarmiento (Commissioner, National Telecommunications Commission)

[edit] CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS

[edit] 1971 Constitutional Convention

  • Heherson Alvarez
  • Enrique Voltaire Garcia III
  • Abraham F. Sarmiento Sr.

[edit] Alphans in the University

DEANS COLLEGE OF LAW

  • Pacifico Agabin (Law)
  • Froilan Bacungan (Law)
  • Salvador Carlota (Law)
  • Rene Ofreneo (SOLAIR)

[edit] MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY

  • Pacifico Agabin (Law)
  • Froilan Bacungan (Law)
  • Antonio Bautista (Law)
  • Esteban Bautista (Law)
  • Ferdinand Baylon (Political Science)
  • Salvador Carlota (Law)
  • Anacleto Diaz (Law)
  • Benjamin Diokno (Economics)
  • Virgilio Enriquez (Psychology)
  • Ramon Esguerra (Law)
  • Eduardo Labitag (Law)
  • Rene Ofreneo (SOLAIR)
  • Ambrosio H. Padilla (Law)
  • Temario Rivera (Political Science)
  • Eduardo Robles (Law)
  • Serafin U. Salvador (Law)
  • Gerardo Sicat (Professor Emeritus, Economics)
  • Antonio Tupaz (Law)
  • Jaime Veneracion (History)
  • Vince Yambao (Law)
  • Mabuhay Alonzo(Education)
  • Roehl Jamon (Film)

[edit] THE UNIVERSITY STUDENT COUNCIL

[edit] UP Senior Student Council Presidents

  • Antonio Azores (1941-42)
  • Leonardo Perez (1950-51)
  • Caesar Pangalangan (1954-55)
  • Wenceslao Agnir Jr. (1955-56)
  • Gregorio Castillo (1956-57)
  • Leonardo Quisumbing (1962-63)

[edit] UP Student Union Presidents

  • Enrique Voltaire Garcia III (1961-62)

[edit] University Student Council Chairpersons

  • Benjamin Muego (1963-64)
  • Enrique Voltaire Garcia III (1964-65)
  • Ericson Baculinao (1970-71)
  • Angelo Jimenez (1991-92)
  • Rhoneil Fajardo (1992-93)
  • Paul Roderick Ysmael (1994-95)
  • Oliver San Antonio (1995-96)

[edit] EDITORS-IN-CHIEF, THE PHILIPPINE COLLEGIAN

  • Ambrosio Padilla (1932-33)
  • Renato Constantino (1939-40)
  • Delfin Garcia (1941-42)
  • Leonardo Perez (1948-49)
  • Augusto Caesar Espiritu (1949-50)
  • Luis Uranza Jr. (1954-55)
  • Pacifico Agabin (Summer, 1957-58)
  • Caesar Agnir (1958-59)
  • Andres Gatmaitan (1959-60)
  • Reynato Puno (First Semester, 1960-61)
  • Leonardo Quisumbing (First Semester, 1961-62)
  • Wilfredo Chato (First Semester, 1964-65)
  • Salvador Carlota (Second Semester, 1964-65)
  • Enrique Voltaire Garcia III (First Semester, 1965-66)
  • Temario Rivera (First Semester, 1967-68)
  • Nelson Navarro (Second Semester, 1967-68)
  • Abraham Sarmiento Jr. (1975-76)
  • Alexander Poblador (1977-78)
  • Roan Libarios (1981-82)
  • Pablo Garcia Jr. (1992-93)

[edit] EDITORIAL BOARD CHAIRPERSONS, THE PHILIPPINE LAW JOURNAL

  • Benjamin Molina (1947)
  • Augusto Caesar Espiritu (1952)
  • Antonio Bautista (1958)
  • Paolo Badong (1959)
  • Ruben Agpalo (1960)
  • Arturo Corona (1967-68)
  • Salvador Tuy (1969-70)
  • Guillermo Canlas Jr. (1971-72)
  • Alexander Poblador (1976-77)

[edit] EDITORS-IN-CHIEF, PHILIPPINENSIAN

  • Aguedo Agbayani (1947)
  • Caesar Pedro (1951)
  • Maximo Cariño (1954)
  • Santiago Dumlao Jr. (1956)
  • Pacifico Agabin (1960)
  • Magdangal Elma (1961)
  • Benjamin Muego (1962)
  • Temario Rivera (1966)

[edit] EDITORS-IN-CHIEF, THE PHILIPPINE LAW REGISTER

  • Antonio Bautista (1956)
  • Jaime Opinion (1958)
  • Reynato Puno (1960)
  • Rene Navarro (1961)
  • Renato Valdecantos (1963)
  • Wilfredo Chato (1964)
  • Hermon Lagman (1970)
  • Roberto Dio (1980)
  • Renan Ramos (1981)

[edit] Other Outstanding Alphans

[edit] LEGAL LUMINARIES

[edit] Integrated Bar of the Philippines

NATIONAL PRESIDENTS

  • Feliciano M. Bautista (2007-present)
  • Numeriano G. Tanopo Jr. (1991-1993)
  • Vicente D. Millora (April 1986 – March 1987)

NATIONAL OFFICERS

  • Dominic C.M. Solis (Assistant National Secretary, 2007-present)
  • Dean Pacifico A. Agabin (General Counsel, 2007-present)
  • Alexander J. Poblador (IBP Journal Editor-in-chief, 2007-present)
  • Eduardo A. Labitag (IBP Journal Managing Editor, 2007-present)

[edit] U.S. BASED BUSINESS EXECUTIVES

  • Rudy Baliton (President, Atinele Travel, Irvine, CA.)

[edit] Practitioners in the Private Sector

  • Antonio Bautista
  • Noel Laman
  • Alexander Poblador

[edit] HEROES AND MARTYRS

  • Hermon Lagman
  • Abraham Sarmiento Jr.
  • Enrique Voltaire Garcia III

[edit] RECIPIENTS OF MAJOR AWARDS

[edit] Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM)

  • Gerardo Sicat (1967, Economics)
  • Reynato Puno (1977, Law)
  • Oscar Orbos (1988, Public Service and Legislation)
  • Jose Lina Jr. (1991, Government Service)
  • Francis “Chiz” Escudero (2005, Youth Leadership)

[edit] GLOBAL AFFAIRS

  • Amb. Lauro L. Baja, Jr. (President, United Nations Security Council)
  • Levi Nahayangan (Member, First Philippine Mt. Everest Expedition)

[edit] SPORTS

  • Bo Perasol (coach AIR 21 TEAM in the PBA)

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