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De La Salle University – Dasmariñas


De La Salle family that symbolizes "Strength in Unity", the origins of our centennial "One La Salle!" battle cry. The official battle colors of all Lasallian schools in the Philippines are Green and White. The color Green gives tribute to the efforts of the first batch of Irish American De La Salle Brothers from the sprawling green fields and rolling hills of Ireland. The color White on the shield represents the Philippines as the "Pearl of the Orient Seas". There are several Lasallian educational institutions around the world
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Green Archers


, giving the university a combined eight General titles in both the NCAA and UAAP. The traditional battle school colors of De La Salle University are Green and White. The color Green gives tribute to the first batch of De La Salle Brothers from Ireland while the color White represents the Philippines as being the "Pearl of the Orient Seas". The Green and White color combination are the institutional colors of all the 17 De La Salle schools in the Philippines and also in other Lasallian schools abroad. The battle colors of the famous
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De La Salle John Bosco College


appointed a Brother-Supervisor, Br. Thomas "Tom" Cannon, FSC as the first school director. In 1977, as the Don Bosco Fathers were slowly departing, the last batch of the Maryknoll Sisters also left Bislig and the administration and supervision of John Bosco School was formally turned over to the De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines. Br. Tom Cannon also became the Brother-Supervisor both in JBS and JMS-LC. In 1982, by the supervision of Br. Mifrando Obach, FSC (who replaced
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History of De La Salle University


The history of De La Salle University dates back to 1911, when La Sallian Brothers established the De La Salle College in Paco, Manila, Philippines. De La Salle College was established on June 15, 1911 by the Brothers of the Christian Schools (F. S. C. in LATIN - FRATERNUM SCHOLARUM CHRISTIANARUM) opened their first school in the Philippines on Calle Nozaleda in Paco, Manila at the request of a Christian Brother's boy himself the American Archbishop of Manila Jeremiah James Harty. The first classes were conducted in Spanish for the
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De La Salle Santiago Zobel School


The De La Salle–Santiago Zobel School (DLSZ, De La Salle–Zobel or Zobel; Filipino: De La Salle–Paaralang Santiago Zobel) is a Catholic institution for boys and girls located in Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila, the Philippines. It was opened in 1978 by the De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines because of the increasing number of students in the grade school department of the former De La Salle College (Now, De La Salle University) in Manila. The first De La Salle School in the
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De La Salle Philippines


Blimond FSC of France arrived in the Philippines. Together on June 16, 1911, the Brothers established the first Christian Brother educational institution in the Philippines, De La Salle College, on Calle Nozaleda (now General Luna St.) in Paco, Manila. Because of increasing student population, the Brothers transferred the educational institution to its present location on Taft Avenue in the Malate district of Manila in 1921. During the 1980s, then President of De La Salle University, the late Brother Andrew Gonzalez FSC,Ph.D. introduced the
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Armin Luistro


Brother Armin Altamirano Luistro, FSC born December 24, 1961 in Lipa, Batangas, Philippines) is a Filipino Lasallian Brother who served as secretary of the Department of Education of the Philippines under President Benigno Aquino III. Luistro entered De La Salle Scholasticate (the center for academic training of De La Salle Brothers) in Manila on April 1979 while he was studying in De La Salle University (DLSU). He received the religious habit of the congregation on October 1981 at the La Salle Novitiate in Lipa. He professed his first
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La Salle University (Ozamiz)


La Salle University (LSU), officially La Salle University Ozamiz, Inc. and formerly known as Immaculate Conception College (ICC), is a member school of De La Salle Philippines located in Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental, Philippines. It was formally opened in 1929 by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It was formally turned over to the De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines in 1994 and was called Immaculate Conception College - La Salle (ICC-La Salle). It was granted university status in 2006 and was
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De La Salle Brothers Philippine District


are those who were massacred in February 1945 by the Japanese: Up until the 1960s, the Brothers in the Philippines was a sub-district (Province) of the De La Salle Institute District of San Francisco and thereafter, up to the establishment of the Philippine District in 1970. On February 2, 1970, the Philippine Province became an independent District of the Institute, to be known as the De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines. At present, the sub-district of Myanmar is under the Philippine District. The
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La Salle Green Hills


La Salle Green Hills ("LSGH") is a private Catholic school exclusively for boys located on Ortigas Avenue, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is run by the Roman Catholic Brothers of the Christian Schools- Philippine District. It was established in 1959 by the De La Salle Brothers led by Brother H. Gabriel Connon FSC of then De La Salle College Manila primarily to provide more grade school slots to the then very popular De La Salle Grade School (1911–1984) in Taft Avenue, Manila. La Salle Green Hills
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List of De La Salle University people


De La Salle University () (DLSU) is a private La Sallian university in Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1911 by De La Salle Brothers as the De La Salle College in Paco, Manila with Blimond Pierre serving as its first director. DLSU traces its founding to Manila Archbishop Jeremiah James Harty. He believed that the establishment of a La Salle school in Manila was instrumental in preempting the spread of Protestantism in the Philippines through the arrival of the Thomasites and Protestant missions. His request would later be
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Jaime Hilario Integrated School – La Salle


Jaime Hilario Integrated School – La Salle is a Lasallian co-educational primary and secondary school located in Bagac, Bataan, in the Philippines. It was opened by the De La Salle Brothers in 2006 to cater to the farming and fishing community. It is the 16th school of De La Salle Philippines, a network of Lasallian schools in the Philippines. The school was formally opened on June 14, 2006 with three sections of Grade 1 students. Brother Bernard Oca FSC and Brother Manny Sia FSC each handle one section, along
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De La Salle Brothers Philippine District


The De La Salle Brothers - Philippine District is part of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, the largest congregation of Roman Catholic religious Brothers who are exclusively dedicated to education. The Institute was founded in Reims, France in 1680, with over 75,000 Brothers and lay colleagues who conduct schools as well as educational works in about 82 countries worldwide. In the aftermath of the Philippine Revolution against Spain and the Philippine–American War which immediately followed, the Protestant denomination, first introduced by the new American colonial masters and
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De La Salle Philippines


of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (Fratres Scholarum Christianarum) - FSC for the establishment of a De La Salle educational institution in the Philippines due to the very small number of Catholic institutions at that time. Archbishop Harty's request was rejected at first due to lack of funds, however he would continue to appeal to Pope Pius X for the establishment of additional Catholic educational institutions in the country. From March to June 1911, nine De La Salle Christian Brothers from Europe and the United States led by Brother
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De La Salle Brothers Philippine District


While there was a growing pressure for a De La Salle school, Archbishop Harty's request was rejected, because of the Christian Brothers' lack of funds. Nonetheless, Harty continued to appeal to Pope Pius X for the establishment of additional Catholic schools in the country. On March 10, 1911, upon instructions from the Vatican to the La Salle Generalate, Brothers Blimond Pierre (who would serve as the school's first director), Aloysius Gonzaga, and Augusto Correge, arrived in the Philippines from Europe. Six other De
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Hyacinth Gabriel Connon


the Philippines in 1953, the Philippines having been raised to be a sub-district of the San Francisco Province of the Brothers. As Auxiliary Visitor, Brother Gabriel, using De La Salle as a base and as the mother institution, opened the novitiate in Baguio in 1951, the scholasticate on Taft Avenue in 1960, and the junior novitiate (also on Taft Avenue) in 1959. In addition, Connon opened La Salle College Bacolod, La Salle Greenhills, La Salle Iligan, and La Salle Lipa. Within De La
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De La Salle Catholic University Manado


understanding (MOU) was signed with the provincial of De La Salle Brothers Philippines. Based on the MOU, the Foundation of De La Salle Manado was established by Bishop of Manado Mgr. Josef Suwatan, MSC and Provincial of La Salle Brothers Philippines Brother Armin Luistro, FSC. After a permit from the Indonesian Government and a lot of improvements, the number of prospective college students of Unika De La Salle Manado drastically increased, a trend that has been continuing until now. In 2009, Father Revi R. H. M. Tanod,
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La Salle Academy (Philippines)


La Salle Academy is a Lasallian school located in Iligan City which was founded in 1958. It is the first of the third generation of La Salle schools founded by the De La Salle Brothers in the country, which include: La Salle Green Hills in Mandaluyong City (1959), Saint Joseph School-La Salle in Bacolod City (1960), and De La Salle Lipa in Lipa City (1962). The La Salle presence in northern Mindanao came to be with the invitation of Msgr. Patrick Cronin of the Prelature
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De La Salle Lipa


De La Salle Lipa or DLSL is a private college, and a Lasallian educational institution located in Lipa City, Batangas, Philippines. It is one of the third generation of La Salle schools founded by the Catholic religious congregation De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines: La Salle Academy-Iligan (Iligan City, Lanao del Norte) in 1958, La Salle Green Hills (Mandaluyong) in 1959, Saint Joseph School-La Salle (Villamonte, Bacolod City) in 1960 and, De La Salle Lipa in 1962. In
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De La Salle Brothers Philippine District


La Salle brothers arrived between March and June: Brothers Louis, Camillus, B. Joseph, Celba John, Imar William, and Martin. They came from the United States, Ireland, Luxembourg, and France. Together, on June 16, 1911, the Brothers opened the first La Salle school in the country. The location is at the former Perez-Samanillo Compound on 652 "Calle" Nozaleda in Paco, Manila. The school was first attended by 100 students. The initial perception of Filipinos about the then newly arrived
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Zobel Junior Archers


scoring affair before bowing to the UST Tiger Cubs in the second step-ladder phase. In the spirit of De La Salle Philippines's "One La Salle"(all 18-La Salle campuses in the Philippines are under De La Salle Philippines. Inc. headed by Brother Armin Luistro FSC who is also concurrently the President of De La Salle University-Manila), the La Salle Greenies are currently CSB's juniors reps in the NCAA while the Zobel Junior Archers are DLSU's juniors reps in the UAAP. With 3 veterans and 13 rookies, the
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Rolando Ramos Dizon


Rolando Ramos Dizon (October 31, 1944 – April 25, 2012) is a Filipino De La Salle Brother who was the President of De La Salle University and the De La Salle University System from 1998–2003, Chairman of the Commission on Higher Education from March 2003 to September 2004, Director-at-Large of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines from 1998 to 2003, and Acting Brother Visitor of the De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines from 1976 to 1977 as well as a member of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
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La Salle Green Hills


of the Philippines, the highest accreditation given to any basic education institution in the Philippines. On June 8, 2009, La Salle Green Hills celebrated its golden jubilee, and in 2011 celebrated together with the rest of the De La Salle schools in the Philippines the centennial celebration of the De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines. In 2009, a student named Keanu Richal Karami raised awareness for Typhoon Ondoy by playing his violin while raising 10,000 pesos and donating it to the victims and their families. At the time, he was
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University of St. La Salle


The University of St. La Salle (USLS) is a Catholic private research university run by the De La Salle Brothers, located in La Salle Avenue, Bacolod City, Philippines. Established in 1952 as "La Salle College - Bacolod", it is the second oldest campus founded by the congregation in the country. The university is a member of De La Salle Philippines, a network established in 2006 comprising 16 Lasallian educational institutions in the country. The university offers preschool, elementary, secondary (junior & senior high),
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University of St. La Salle–Integrated School


The University of St. La Salle–Integrated School (USLS-IS), located in La Salle Avenue-Montelibano Drive and in Villa Lucasan subdivision, Brgy. Mandalagan, Bacolod City, Philippines, is a Catholic primary and secondary school (Junior High) run by the De La Salle Brothers. Established in 1952 as "La Salle - Bacolod", it is the second oldest campus founded by the congregation in the country. The university is a member of De La Salle Philippines, a network established in 2006 comprising 17
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De La Salle Brothers Philippine District


the Brothers' devotion to education would be cemented by the numerous visits of head of states to De La Salle and by the proclamation of De La Salle as the Philippine Islands' Premier School for Boys by Dr. Paul Monroe and a commission of American educators, after an eight-month cross-country inspection of existing Philippine schools in the 1930s. On February 12, 1945, a Japanese Army officer along with 20 soldiers forcibly made their way into the college, which was then a refuge for 70 people, including 30 women
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De La Salle Lipa


the school's president, Lozano was elevated to the position of Executive Vice-President. Rex Torrecampo was, meanwhile, appointed as the first Vice-President for Administration. The following year, Corazon Abansi became the school's first Vice-President for Academics and Research. In 2006, the school's incorporation papers were amended to officially make it part of an umbrella entity, De La Salle Philippines, which was formed to synchronize the operations of the De La Salle schools with the mission of the De La Salle Brothers in
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De La Salle Brothers Philippine District


aided by the newly arrived American teachers, the Thomasites, was gaining a foothold among Filipinos because of the then strong anti-Spanish Friar sentiment existing at that time. Due to the then very small number of Catholic educational institutions in the country, the then American Archbishop of Manila Jeremiah James Harty, himself an alumnus of a De La Salle Christian Brothers school in St. Louis, Missouri, would appeal to the Superior-General of the Christian Brothers in 1905 for the establishment of a De La Salle school in the Philippines.
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College of St. John-Roxas


College of St. John-Roxas (CSJ-R De La Salle), also known simply as "St. John", is private college run under the supervision of the De La Salle Brothers, and now a member of the Association of Lasallian Affiliated Schools (ALAS) under the De La Salle Philippines located in Roxas City, Philippines. It has been known as "University of St. La Salle – Affiliate College" and "La Salle Affiliate College". In June 2000, the school managed the high school department of
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De La Salle Santiago Zobel School


Philippines, De La Salle College was opened on June 16, 1911 on Calle Nozaleda in Paco, Manila, at the request of the Archbishop of Manila, Jeremiah James Harty to the Brothers of the Christian Schools. It is interesting to note that Archbishop Harty had a very close affinity to La Salle since he was educated in his elementary and high school years in the U.S. in De La Salle Christian Brother-run schools. In 1921, the school moved to its present site on Taft Avenue and the De La Salle Brothers
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De La Salle Andres Soriano Memorial College


. It was opened in 1965 (ASMC - La Salle was named or known before as Andrés Soriano Memorial School - La Salle or ASMS - La Salle). Since its establishment, the De La Salle Brothers have supervised the school through formal contracts and contacts or through its Board of Trustees. By an act of the District Council of the De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines in 1995, the school became a District Affiliate School. In 2000, the school was granted college status by the Commission on Higher Education and in
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Egbert Xavier Kelly


Brother Egbert Xavier Kelly, F.S.C., was an Irish De La Salle Brother who was last assigned to the De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines and was kidnapped and then murdered by the retreating Japanese Imperial Forces at the De La Salle College, of which he was President, during the Allied Liberation of Manila during World War II. He was born William Kelly on March 4, 1894 in County Wicklow, Ireland. During his youth decided to become a De La Salle brother and went to the Christian Brothers Retreat in Castletown to
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Lucian Athanasius Reinhart


Brother Lucian Athanasius Reinhart, F.S.C. was an American De La Salle Brother who was last assigned to the De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines and was a President of De La Salle College in Manila. He was born James Hyde Reinhart on May 24, 1911, in Kansas City, Missouri and entered the novitiate of the Brothers of the Christian Schools at the La Salle Institute in Glencoe, Missouri, and received the religious habit in 1926, at which time he was given the religious name Lucian Athanasius. In 1929 he was
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La Salle Green Hills


offers elementary education, and secondary education. De La Salle Philippines, the association of all Lasallian institutions in the Philippines, after De La Salle University in Manila (1911), De La Salle Araneta University in Malabon City (1946), University of St. La Salle in Bacolod (1952), and the La Salle Academy in Iligan (1958). La Salle Green Hills was given a clean seven-year accreditation by the PAASCU in 1991 and 1998, thus making it the first high school institution in the Philippines with
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De La Salle Brothers Philippine District


and young girls, 16 European De La Salle Christian Brothers (all the pre-war American De La Salle Christian Brothers had been interned in the Los Baños Concentration Camp) and the college's chaplain-Redemptorist Father Cosgrave CSSR (an Australian), and the adult men of two families. Two days earlier, De La Salle College Director-Brother Egbert Xavier FSC (an Irishman) was abducted by another group of Japanese soldiers, and was never seen again. After the Japanese troops herded all the people into the school
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La Salle Academy (Philippines)


LASAPFI) came from this time. It was finally registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission by 1975 with the late EnManuel Hamoy as its first President and Chairman of the Board. The school celebrated its Silver Jubilee in 1983. Plans were started to open the kindergarten. The first batch was accepted in 1985 following a modified Individually Guided Education (IGE). The gym provided the open classrooms for the children. By 1986 the first batch of kindergarten graduated from Grade School. In 1987, the first phase of the Grade School
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Hyacinth Gabriel Connon


Hall in his memory) was finalized. It was also during his second term that De La Salle College was granted university status. By that time he had an investiture celebration as De La Salle's first Filipino President, having been granted Philippine citizenship by an Act of Congress on August 10, 1970. In the 1950s, Brother Gabriel was involved in the establishment of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines, and became its President in 1952. He resigned the post in 1957 for health reasons. In the 1960s, Brother
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Jeremiah James Harty


funds. Nonetheless, Harty continued to appeal for the establishment of additional Catholic schools in the country to Pope Pius X including, among others, St. Theresa's College Manila. On March 10, 1911, upon instructions from the Vatican to the La Salle Generalate, Brothers Blimond Pierre, Aloysius Gonzaga, and Augusto Correge, arrived in the Philippines from Europe and established De La Salle College in Paco, the first Christian Brother school in the country. On May 16, 1916, after 13 years in the Philippines, Harty was
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De La Salle Philippines


Salle-Professional Schools, Inc. and De La Salle Canlubang were integrated into De La Salle University which brought back the number of educational institutions to sixteen. The network administration is composed of a National Mission Council (NMC) which includes eight De La Salle Brothers including the Brother Visitor and seven Lasallian Partners elected by corporate members; DLSP Corporate Members which includes all incumbent trustees of the La Salle educational institutions as well as the Lasallian Educational Corporations; and the DLSP President which acts as the Chief Mission Officer and Chief Executive Officer of
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Kundirana


Ocampo/Monet Silvestre (Keyboards) Martin Pioquinto (Production Assistant) Kundirana 2015 is the 44th batch of the La Salle Green Hills’ Kundirana Music Ministry. The group consists of 12 members; 8 singers and 4 band members. Their Maiden concert was held last December 6, 2014 at the Brother Donato Center for the Performing Arts. In the preceding months, the group performed in corporate events and various Lasallian schools such as De La Salle Canlubang, La Salle Academy Iligan, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute in
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Crescentius Richard Duerr


Brother Crescentius Richard, F.S.C., was an American De La Salle Brother who was instrumental in the transformation of De La Salle University in the Philippines into a pillar of Philippine education. He was President of De La Salle University from 1961 to 1966 and was named its President Emeritus in 1981. He was born Richard Henry Duerr in 1922 in Brooklyn, New York, the third of four children. He studied at St. James Diocesan High School in Loughlin and St. Joseph's Normal Institute in Barrytown, New York, graduating valedictorian from
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Rolando Ramos Dizon


1962 and began his undergraduate studies at De La Salle College in Manila. After two years of studying, he was sent by the De La Salle Brothers to The Catholic University of America in 1965 where he finished his Bachelor of Arts, Major in Mathematics in 1968. Brother Dizon's first assignment after returning to the Philippines was in La Salle Green Hills, where he taught math and religion in the High School department for a year before being appointed Grade School Principal in 1969, High School Principal in 1971 and Acting President in
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Saint Joseph School–La Salle


St Joseph School-La Salle (SJS-LS) is a Lasallian school located in Bacolod City in the Philippines. It is the third of the third generation of La Salle schools, which were founded by the De La Salle Brothers in the country, which include: La Salle Academy-Iligan (Iligan, Lanao del Norte: 198), La Salle Green Hills (Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila: 1959), and De La Salle Lipa (Lipa City, Batangas: 1962). St Joseph's High School
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De La Salle Brothers in Myanmar


The De La Salle Brothers in Myanmar are part of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, the largest congregation of Roman Catholic religious Brothers who are exclusively dedicated to education. The Institute was founded in Reims, France in 1680, with over 75,000 Brothers and lay colleagues who conduct schools as well as educational works in about 80 countries worldwide. It is now under the Lasallian Brothers in the Philippine District. The De La Salle Brothers, an international congregation, whose chrism is to provide human and Christian education of young
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La Salle Greenies


Archers, thus being the first time the Greenies played alongside the Green Archers since 1981. Both the Greenies and the Zobel Junior Archers have since been participating in the said annual pre-season tourney. In the spirit of De La Salle Philippines's "One La Salle"(all 18-La Salle campuses in the Philippines are under De La Salle Philippines. Inc.), the La Salle Greenies are currently CSB's junior reps in the NCAA while the Zobel Junior Archers are DLSU's junior reps in the UAAP. When DLSU and DLSZ entered the
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Antony Ferdinand Kilbourn


Brother Antony Ferdinand Kilbourn FSC was an American De La Salle Brother who was last assigned to the De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines and was Acting President of the De La Salle College in Manila while Brother Lucian Athanasius Reinhart, F.S.C., was on leave. He was born George Henry Kilbourn on June 24, 1894 in Brooklyn, New York, as George Henry Kilbourn. On March 19, 1909, he joined St. Joseph's Normal School in Pocantico Hills and received the religious habit of the Brothers of the Christian Schools on
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De La Salle Brothers in Myanmar


15 May 2011, the Lasallian East Asia District (LEAD) is one of the Districts of the Pacific Asia Regional Conference (PARC) of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle). LEAD is made up of the following Sectors (countries and territories): Hong Kong (China), Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.Tracing its roots in Asia since the arrival of the first Brothers in 1852 in Malaysia and Singapore, LEAD currently has 143 Brothers living in 37 communities and
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De La Salle Canlubang


de La Salle. The first De La Salle School in the Philippines was opened on June 16, 1911 along General Luna, Paco, Manila at the request of the Archbishop of Manila. In 1921, the school was moved to its present site on Taft Avenue. Unable to accommodate requests for admission to the elementary grades, they had to revert an earlier policy not to expand. To date, they have spread out to different provinces. The Brothers have since opened in Greenhills, Antipolo, Lipa, Bacolod, Iligan,
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La Salle Academy (Philippines)


Christian Schools in the Philippines, La Salle Academy joined the simultaneous centennial kick-off celebration on June 16, 2010. La Salle Academy supported the centennial celebration activities such as the One La Salle Scholarship Fund, One Million Trees Project, Project Carbon Neutral, Centennial Fun Run and others. With a mandate from the Department of Education and the De La Salle Philippines, the high school department implemented the Understanding by Design (UbD) framework in the first, second and third year levels. The move to use the new framework
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Albinus Peter Graves


Brother Albinus Peter Graves, F.S.C., (October 15, 1887 – October 11, 1964) was an American Lasallian Brother who was last posted to the De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines and was a President of De La Salle College in Manila. He was born Arthur Jacob Graves on October 15, 1887, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. During his early years, he was educated in Catholic schools and while he has expressed his desire to serve as a De La Salle Brother, his father did not allow him to do
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De La Salle Brothers in Myanmar


Road and Theinbyu Road in 1885 and became famous as St. Paul's High School.The Brothers schools were nationalized on April 1, 1965. Up until the 1999's, the Brothers in the Myanmar was a delegation. The delegation of Myanmar joined the Philippine District and became sub-district of Philippines. La Salle Brothers mark 150 years in Myanmar Bishop Justin Saw Min Thide and priests of Hpa-an diocese celebrated a special Mass On Nov 13, 2010 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Yangon, to mark the 150th year
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La Salle Green Hills


Dennis Barot and the notable singing groups of the "TUX" and "Men and Music". They are La Salle's ambassadors of goodwill, not only for representing LSGH and the whole De La Salle - Philippines, but also the country during their numerous concert tours abroad. The group performs several concerts aiming to raise funds to contribute to various Philippine charities such as the bahay pag-asa, and other charities spearheaded by the Lasallian brothers. The group celebrated their 40th anniversary November 2011 with a grand reunion concert held at
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De La Salle Supervised Schools


of supervision. Consultations were also held with the LASSSAI Board of Trustees, De La Salle Brothers' communities, supervisors from Visayas and Mindanao, the De La Salle Supervised Schools' Heads and Boards of Trustees, and Administrators of La Salle schools involved in supervision. LASSO proposed a new structure of supervision whereby schools with capability for supervision would be invited to assist other schools. This structure is in line with the De La Salle Philippines' (DLSP) declaration of the Revitalized Communion in Mission which includes "a unified system of
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De La Salle Brothers Philippine District


De La Salle Christian Brothers were that they were no different from the Spanish Friars who were previously the sole handlers of Philippine education for almost three hundred years. Over time, the Brothers established their congregation as being a group of full-time religious educators who have consecrated their lives for the education of the youth. In 1921, the Brothers transferred the school from its original site in Paco, Manila to the then-wooded newly constructed Taft Avenue in Malate, Manila because of the increasing school population. During this time,
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De La Salle Catholic University Manado


. As a first attempt to introduce Catholic-run universities in Manado, the Diocese founded in the 1960s IKIP Catholic Budi Dharma managed to produce graduates (S1) but was later closed. Steps to re-establish Catholic universities began to be explored by the Diocese in 1997, starting with intensive contacts with the De La Salle Brothers in Manila who have years of experience in managing higher education institutions in the Philippines. On 7 August 1999, Mgr. J. Suwatan, MSC established the Foundation of Unika De La Salle Manado,
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Armin Luistro


consequently making him the president of eight De La Salle institutions. He worked into establishing De La Salle Philippines (DLSP) which replaced the system. The DLSP National Mission Council appointed him DLSP President and Chief Executive Officer on November 29, 2005. He was appointed as the Secretary of Education of the Philippines on June 30, 2010, becoming the second De La Salle brother to hold the post—the other was Gonzalez who was in office from 1998 to 2001. Luistro has the least net worth among Aquino's cabinet.
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Universidad La Salle


, Puebla, Oaxaca, Cancun and Saltillo. It is part of the educational community of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, founded by Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, patron saint of education. The congregation has about seventy-seven thousand lay partners and one million students around the world, with establishments of higher learning in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Ivory Coast, Spain, France, Guatemala, the Philippines, the United States, Venezuela and Israel. In 1905, the brothers of La Salle Jerbert
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Andrew Gonzalez


Lasallian education in the Philippines. Brother Andrew established the College of Career Development of De La Salle University-Manila which became the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde and took over a college and a medical school in Dasmariñas, Cavite which respectively became De La Salle University-Dasmariñas and the De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute. He prioritized graduate education by creating new masteral and doctoral degree programs. He also wrote many books in linguistics and education. Under his term, De La Salle University-Manila underwent significant
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De La Salle Philippines


De La Salle Philippines (DLSP) ("incorporated as De La Salle Philippines, Inc"), established in 2006, is a network of Lasallians within the Lasallian East Asia District established to facilitate collaboration in the Lasallian Mission and the promotion of the spirit of faith, zeal for service and communion in mission. There are currently sixteen Lasallian Educational Institutions in the Philippines. De La Salle Philippines replaced the De La Salle University System which was established under the presidency of Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC in 1987 as a response to
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De La Salle University – Dasmariñas


De La Salle University-Dasmariñas (Tagalog: "Pamantasang De La Salle-Dasmariñas") (also referred to as DLSU-D or La Salle - Dasma) is a Roman Catholic Lasallian University in Dasmariñas City, Cavite, Philippines and a member institution of De La Salle Philippines. DLSU-D, despite its name, is an autonomous university separate from the De La Salle University in Manila. Both universities are members of the De La Salle Philippines System. The university was established on July 18, 1977, as
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De La Salle Supervised Schools


The De La Salle Supervised Schools is a network of Lasallian private schools in the Philippines under the wing of the Lasallian Schools Supervision Services Association, Inc. (LASSSAI) through its mission arm, the "Lasallian Schools Supervision Office (LASSO)". Based on recorded history, the De La Salle Brothers' supervision began, albeit informally, as far back as 1954. Brothers doing "supervision" during the early days were just performing "individual apostolates". Although significant and very memorable to beneficiaries of such a ministry, the
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chapel, they were then subsequently shot, slashed or bayoneted. Those who did not die in the attack were left to bleed to death. The Japanese attempted to rape some of the dying women. The chapel was then set on fire but it was not destroyed because it was built of marble and concrete. Only 10 people survived including one De La Salle Brother. The 1939-built De La Salle Main Chapel is one of the few structures to survive the destruction of Southern Manila during the Manila massacres in February 1945. The following
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Armin Luistro


on October 1982, and his final vows on May 1988. In the "Manila Bulletin" interview, he said that teaching was the reason why he entered the congregation. He started teaching as a religion teacher at De La Salle Lipa in 1983. He moved to La Salle Greenhills in 1986. He was made provincial of the De La Salle Brothers Philippine District on April 1997, a post he held until 2003. On August 26, 2000, Luistro co-founded the De La Salle Catholic University of Manado, currently
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La Salle Green Hills


a local hero as being interviewed by basketball player Chris Tiu, the show Ako Mismo and Philippine Star. The La Salle Green Hills Grade School (LSGH-GS) is a Catholic elementary school for boys. It offers education for students from the kindergarten level to the seventh grade. Its facilities and classrooms are located within the St. Joseph the Worker Building (Kindergarten and Grade 1), St. Brother Miguel Febres Cordero FSC building, Brother Arnold Reche FSC building, and the St. La Salle building (Grades 2–6). The
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Saint Joseph School–La Salle


Salle Brothers. For the past few years, the school's stakeholders have been in discussions about changing the name of the school, in light of the fact that its name did not elicit recognition. The school's stakeholders thus proposed that the school adopt the name "St Joseph School-La Salle" to signify its full membership in the Lasallian family of district schools in the Philippines. Beginning schoolyear 2005-06, St Joseph's High School formally adopted the name, "St Joseph School-La Salle". The
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religious vows on October 1982, and his final vows on May 1988. He started teaching as a religion teacher at De La Salle Lipa in 1983. He was made provincial of the De La Salle Brothers Philippine District on April 1997, a post he held until 2003. On August 26, 2000, Luistro co-founded the De La Salle Catholic University Manado, in Indonesia with Josef Suwatan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Manado. On April 2004, he succeeded Andrew Gonzalez as the president of De La Salle University System,
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De La Salle University Science and Technology Complex


The De La Salle University Science and Technology Complex (DLSU-STC) (alternatively called "De La Salle University - Canlubang/Biñan/Leandro V. Locsin Campus") is a satellite campus of De La Salle University (DLSU) located in Biñan City, Laguna, Philippines. The 55-hectare campus was built on land donated by the family of the late Philippine National Artist for Architecture alumnus Leandro Locsin. It was originally known as De La Salle Canlubang (DLSC), a district school of De La Salle Philippines that provided
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date and that is every 29 December for alumni all around the globe not to get confused with dates. It was at the start of the school year that the St. La Salle Building was inaugurated and was made ready for use for the high school populace. The first phase of the Jubilee Plaza was also done and towards the end of the school year the gym renovation started. In response to the One Million Trees project of De La Salle Philippines, La Salle Academy planted trees on various places in Iligan City starting school year
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, Surigao del Sur (both added in 2006), becoming the 17th and 18th La Salle Schools respectively. In 2008, the De La Salle Professional Schools was re-integrated back to De La Salle University. In 2012, De La Salle Canlubang was officially merged with De La Salle University to become the De La Salle University Science and Technology Complex, bringing the number of La Salle educational institutions in the Philippines down to sixteen. The schools provide a diverse range of education ranging from Basic Education up to Graduate Studies.
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Jeremiah James Harty


anti-friar sentiments that existed at that time. Due to the lack of Catholic educational institutions in the country, Archbishop Harty, himself an alumnus of a Christian Brother school in St. Louis, Missouri, would appeal to the Superior-General of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in 1905 for the establishment of a De La Salle school in the Philippines. While the pressing need for a De La Salle school in the Islands was recognized, Harty's request was denied because of the Christian Brothers' lack of
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Kundirana


the Philippines, Conchita Carpio Morales. They also had a chance to tour around different Lasallian Schools like University of St. La Salle in Bacolod, Negros Occidental, De La Salle Zobel, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute and La Salle Academy Iligan City. Kundirana 2014 were also given a chance to perform at Flushing Meadows in Bohol. Kundirana also had several television appearances, First in ABS-CBN DZMM TeleRadyo, second in Umagang Kay Ganda a famous morning show in the Philippines and third in a Holy Friday Special featuring
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La Salle College Antipolo


La Salle College Antipolo, or La Salle Antipolo, is a Lasallian educational institution located in Antipolo City, Rizal, in the Philippines. It was founded as a La Salle School by Br Rolando Dizon FSC, a past President of De La Salle University, Manila, in 1986. The construction of the school began on March 16, 1985. During this time, Kindergarten to Fourth Grade classes were temporarily held first at La Salle Green Hills. Construction was delayed because of the costs and logistics that were involved in building a
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DLSU Lady Booters


The De La Salle Lady Booters are the varsity women's football team of the De La Salle University. They compete at the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), as well as at the PFF Women's League, the top flight domestic women's football league in the Philippines. The collegiate squad was among the pioneer teams of the first season of the PFF Women's League which ran from 2016 to 2017. De La Salle was assured of the league title of the 2016-17 season after their first second
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De La Salle Andres Soriano Memorial College


2004, the Brothers community at La Salle Green Hills adopted it as its outreach school. On July 3, 2006, by a decision of the District Council and the National Mission Council of De La Salle Philippines, the ASMC was accepted as a District School. The ceremony of acceptance took place on the campus and was witnessed by its students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni, and personnel of the Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corporation. Lutopan as the place is commonly known, lives by its official name as Bry
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followed in 1993 and 1998. The impetus towards development and growth had been sown. More and more, La Salle had to carve its niche in the educational sector of society, finding and asserting its particular role and affirming its contribution to the development of the human resources of the city. However, among the Brothers there was a worldwide movement towards the return of the charism of its founder, St. John Baptist De La Salle. The reach-out programs of the school became institutionalized with the creation of the Community Development Office
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De La Salle College, Belfast


De La Salle College is a boys' secondary Catholic maintained school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a Lasallian educational institution affiliated with the De La Salle Brothers, a Roman Catholic religious teaching order founded by French Priest Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle. As of 2017/2018 the school's enrolment was around 958. La Salle enrolled its first 275 students in on the 5th of September 1966. The head of the school was Brother Cornelius. La Salle Secondary School became known as La Salle Boys School. The school continued
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Zobel Junior Archers


The Zobel Junior Archers (officially the De La Salle Zobel Junior Archers) is the varsity team of De La Salle Santiago Zobel School and is the Juniors' team of De La Salle University's De La Salle Green Archers in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. Its girls' team, the Lady Junior Archers, is De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde's Junior's team to the Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association. De La Salle Santiago Zobel's varsity team was first officially known as the "Golden Bengals
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Ardscoil La Salle, Raheny


Ardscoil La Salle, "De La Salle' or "The Della" as it is referred to by staff and students, is a co-educational voluntary Catholic secondary school located on the Raheny Road in Raheny, Dublin, Ireland. Ardscoil La Salle was founded in 1968 by the De La Salle Brothers, who had a residential base next door. The first Principal was Brother Cadogan and on his retirement Brother Benignus was appointed as Principal. Originally an all-boys school, it became co-educational in 1978, following
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UAAP Season 51 men's basketball tournament


The 1988 UAAP men's basketball tournament was the 51st year of the men's tournament of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP)'s basketball championship. Hosted by De La Salle University, the Ateneo Blue Eagles defeated the De La Salle Green Archers in the finals defending their first UAAP men's basketball championship: it was the first UAAP finals series for the Ateneo–La Salle rivalry that originated in the NCAA (Philippines). Tournament format: Season host is boldfaced.brNote: The results for the final elimination game for
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Andrew Gonzalez


up graduate courses in linguistics in the Philippine Normal College. He was admitted to the doctoral program in linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley as a Regent's Fellow in Linguistics and as a Stanley Tasheira Scholar in 1967 and completed the PhD degree in 1970. Gonzalez returned to the Philippines in 1971 where he was chosen to become the chairman of the Humanities Department of De La Salle College and was promoted to Academic Vice President from 1971 to 1978. Upon the sudden death of then De La Salle University President- Brother H. Gabriel
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Egbert Xavier Kelly


and a new chapel was constructed at its south end. This chapel was considered the most beautiful in the Philippines and had few rivals in the District, although the Brothers would regret about the chapel's limited size. The chapel was dedicated in 1940 and was large enough to accommodate the school's entire student body, which was then 1,200. Kelly was the President of De La Salle College in Manila when the Japanese army invaded the Philippines on December 8, 1941. In January 1942, Japanese troops forcibly entered De La Salle
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San Beda College's affiliated high school is its campus at Taytay, Rizal, while Letran College's high school is found within its college campus at Intramuros. While these two high schools are integrated within their colleges, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde is not directly connected with its high school affiliate, La Salle Green Hills (LSGH), except that they are both administered by the Lasallian Brothers. As a result, DLSU-CSB labels "St. Benilde" instead of "La Salle" on their jerseys.
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the top of his class at the age of 19. He obtained his Master of Arts in English Literature from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. the year after. He returned to the Philippines in 1960 and began teaching English Language and Literature at the high school department of La Salle College in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. He served in several administrative positions at De La Salle College in Manila from 1964 to 1967 and made his final vows as a De La Salle Brother on May 30, 1965. He took
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De La Salle John Bosco College


The De La Salle John Bosco College (DLSJBC) is a PAASCU-accredited Lasallian district school located in Mangagoy, Bislig City, Surigao del Sur in the Philippines. Established in 1963 by the Don Bosco Fathers, the administration and supervision of the institution was formally turned over to the De La Salle Brothers in 1977. DLSJBC offers complete pre-school, basic education (grade school and junior high school), senior high school, college, and TESDA-accredited TVET courses. DLSJBC's foundation could be traced back as
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San José de la Salle school Medellín


San José de la Salle is one of the most traditional schools in Medellín and the first school of the La Salle brothers in Colombia. San José school was founded by La Salle brothers in 1890, in the city of Medellín. These persons arrived to Aburra Valley, after they went to Barranquilla, and then this group of brothers went to Puerto Berrio in the department of Antioquia and finally they arrived to Copacabana. This community started classes on April 7. In 1907 was the first group of holders of a bachelor’s degree
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needs of the campuses was formed in 1994. It was also during this year that an organizational structure was formed and a vision and mission statement was created for the system. In 1995, a 50-hectare property in Biñan, Laguna was acquired by the System from the family of the late National Artist of the Philippines for Architecture and La Salle High School alumnus Leandro Locsin to be used as the site of De La Salle University-Canlubang, a science and technology-oriented campus. Construction of the first building of the campus as
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Lucian Athanasius Reinhart


Brothers' Community and concurrent principal of the College's High School Department. He was also the first American Brother in the Philippines to earn a Doctor of Philosophy Degree, after writing a dissertation on the Educational Philosophy of John Baptist de La Salle at the University of Santo Tomas. During World War II, Reinhart was interned at Los Baños, Laguna, with the rest of the American Brothers. He would be freed by American troops in 1945 but would refuse to be returned to the United States. Reinhart stayed in the Philippines
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Learning Center


Our Lady of Mount Carmel Learning Center (OLMCLC), also known as "Mount Carmel La Salle" or simply "Mount Carmel", was a private Catholic elementary school run under the direct supervision of the De La Salle Brothers, a Roman Catholic religious order founded by St. John Baptist de la Salle, the patron saint of teachers. It is located in Calipayan Road, Punta Tabuc, Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines. Originally named "Mt. Carmel Family Life Learning Center", the school started as a preschool for
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List of De La Salle University people


endorsed in 1907 by Pope Pius X. An envoy of De La Salle Brothers arrived in 1910. The university started as a boys' elementary and high school. The high school and grade school departments were dissolved in 1968 and 1978 respectively. DLSU currently offers coeducational undergraduate and graduate degree programs through its seven colleges and one school specializing in varied disciplines, including business, engineering and liberal arts. DLSU, granted university status on February 1975, is the oldest constituent of De La Salle Philippines (DLSP), a network of 17
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History of De La Salle University


Brother Egbert Xavier, FSC, went missing one day before the massacre on February 12, 1945, presumably taken by Japanese soldiers. The end of the war brought the imprisoned American De La Salle Brothers back home from the Japanese Los Baños concentration camp. They resumed classes in July 1945 in spite of lacking manpower and facilities; 1945 saw 60 boys graduating from high school at the end of the school year. Recognizing the role of education in reconstructing the Philippines, the Brothers expanded the Commerce curriculum into a four-year program
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De La Salle Lipa


the Philippines. In May 2007, in keeping with the standards set by De La Salle Philippines, the Executive Vice-President became known as the Chancellor, while the two Vice-Presidents became known as Vice-Chancellors. In school year 2006-2007, Pajarillo was president of three De La Salle schools (Lipa, Dasmariñas, and the Medical and Health Sciences Institute also in Dasmarinas, Cavite), in 2007 he was made president solely of De La Salle Lipa. The De La Salle Lipa campus sits on a
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La Salle Green Hills


school in the Philippines to be granted two seven-year accreditations. After the seven-year accrediting grant that was given to La Salle Green Hills in 1998, the school was surveyed on September 2005 and was granted a five-year accreditation. In June 2008, the La Salle Green Hills Grade School was granted a Level III accreditation by PAASCU, making it the first and only school in the Philippines certified as such. And in late 2008, the High School was granted Level III accreditation from the Federation of Accrediting Agencies
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De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute


The De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute (DLSMHSI) is the member school of De La Salle Philippines that focuses on medical and allied health education, health care provision, and research. The institution consists of three distinct divisions: the university, its teaching hospital, and a research center. The De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute was started by a group of doctors from the College of Medicine of the University of the Philippines and the Philippine General Hospital who, in 1976, decided to establish a medical school
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Student Movement in the Philippines (1965–1972)


was elected as president. When delegates returned to Manila, they led a huge rally in front of congress; all while President Marcos was delivering his State of the Nation Address (SONA). Under Edjop's two-term tenure, the National Union became participative in socio-political issues amidst the First Quarter Storm that brought forth the Second Propaganda Movement. At the De La Salle University, then De La Salle College, student activists clashed with the school administration over matters involving the Brother Becker Case, NROTC, tuition fees
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La Salle Green Hills


Salle family representing the name of the school La Salle. The upper right contains the five-point Signum Fidei Star with rays, the Sign of Faith, from the 350 year old seal of the Brothers of the Christian Schools who govern the school. The lower left portion contains a section of the Philippine flag signifying loyalty to the country. The lower right, with its hill represented in green is for Green Hills, and the monument to signify Rizal Province, localizes the location of the school. The shield is topped with
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Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr.


Sergio R. Ortiz-Luis Jr. is a management practitioner in the Philippines. He is the Chairman of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the official chamber of commerce of the Philippines. Ortiz-Luis holds degrees in Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from De La Salle College (now De La Salle University-Manila College of Business and Economics). He also obtained a Master of Business Administration from De La Salle Graduate School (now De La Salle Professional Schools Graduate School of Business
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La Salle University


—not to be confused with Sigma Phi Lambda, the nationally recognized sorority founded in Austin, Texas—is the only unrecognized national fraternity on La Salle's campus. Sigma Phi Lambda, however, was La Salle University's first and oldest fraternity. It was founded in 1935 by La Salle President Brother Leonard. The fraternity dissolved with La Salle's drop in enrollment during World War II, but reemerged in 1960 under the leadership of Dr. John Guischard. Brother Gerald (Gerry) Molyneaux became the moderator of the Sigma Phi
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SINAG


The SINAG (Tagalog for "sun ray"), based in De La Salle University in the Philippines, is the first Philippine solar-powered race car and the first entry of the Philippines to the World Solar Challenge. The solar car was inaugurated on January 27, 2007 at NBC Tent, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig. The design and construction was undertaken by a group of faculty and students from the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Electronics and Communications Engineering Department of De La Salle University. They also had the help and partnership
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Rafael Donato


Brother Rafael S. Donato, F.S.C., was a Filipino De La Salle Brother and a President of De La Salle University Manila, University of St. La Salle, De La Salle Lipa, La Salle Green Hills and De La Salle Araneta University. Donato finished grade school in 1952, high school in 1956, and a Bachelor of Science in Education, majoring in English literature with a minor in Philosophy in 1961 all at De La Salle College. In 1956, he decided to become a De La Salle Brother. Donato then earned
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La Salle Greenies


UAAP and the PBA. De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde, a brother college of De La Salle University, applied for admission to the NCAA thru the efforts of then De La Salle University President Brother Andrew Gonzalez FSC and the La Salle Green Hills President Brother Bernard Oca FSC, who selected the Greenies to be the juniors team. Both De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde and La Salle Green Hills were admitted to the NCAA in 1998. Although the team name of La Salle Green Hills is Greenies, the
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