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This memorial website was created in memory of our father (Tatay, Jose (“Pepe”) V. Abueva , 93 years old, born on May 25, 1928, and passed away on August 18, 2021. We will remember him forever.

Dr. Jose (Pepe) Veloso Abueva, Professor Emeritus of Political Science & Public Administration at the University of the Philippines (U.P.) where he served as the 16th U.P. President (1987-93) and Former President/Founder of Kalayaan College, and Director of its Institute for Federal-Parliamentary Democracy, and Institute for a Nonkilling Philippines – passed away peacefully on August 18, 2021 at the age of 93 in his home in Beverly Hills, Antipolo, Rizal.  
Pepe/Tatay is survived by his children: Lanelle, Jobert, Rossana and Jonas; grandchildren and in laws: Majalya and Peter, Celine and Gordon, Joshua, Jerone, Julia, Jasmine, James, Juliana, Jonah; his great grandchild: Memphis and loving extended family’s partners.
He joins Coring/Mommy in eternal rest.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Jose (Pepe) Veloso Abueva.
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Time: 07:00 PM Asia/Manila
Daily until August 26th (Thu) and on the 40th day September 26th (Sun) 
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August 19, 2022
August 19, 2022
Prayers for you, President Abueva.
My college days were filled with memories of us students of Dr. Elsa Orlina (College of Home Economics, Home Economics Education Department) catering your events. Those were the moments we can get close to the UP President.
May your soul Rest In Peace. May you be in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ who granted you the wisdom and intelligence to lead a prestigious institution.
May your legacy continue still as we face uncertainty with politicians who only think of themselves and not the nation.
May your family be at peace that you are now in heaven.
September 28, 2021
September 28, 2021
Philippine Daily Inquirer - Aug 19, 2021

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1475671/former-up-president-jose-abueva-93

Leader of peace: Jose Abueva, former UP president, dies at 93
By: Krixia Subingsubing - Reporter / @KrixiasINQ

MANILA, Philippines — Former University of the Philippines (UP) President Jose Veloso Abueva, who helped forge the landmark 1989 accord limiting military and police presence on campus and who introduced the socialized tuition system in the country’s premier state university, died on Wednesday morning. He was 93.

His daughter, Rossana, told the Inquirer that he died of heart failure at 10:40 a.m. in his home in Beverly Hills, Antipolo City, in Rizal province.

A prominent public administration expert and political scientist, the Bohol-born scholar served as UP’s 16th president from 1987 to 1993 and served as chancellor of UP Diliman from 1990 to 1991.

In a 2004 essay by Japanese Buddhist philosopher and author Daisaku Ikeda, Abueva explained why he accepted the challenge of being UP president:

“Throughout history, there have been many leaders of war, but there have been few leaders of peace. I am determined to help change this.”

One of his legacies was the 1989 UP-Department of National Defense (DND) accord, which he signed with then-Defense Secretary Fidel Ramos to limit the presence of state forces on campus to protect the university’s status as a bastion of free speech and freedom of expression.

It reaffirmed the 1982 accord between UP student leader Sonia Soto and then-Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile, which barred the police and the military from entering UP campuses without prior permission from school authorities to prevent the targeting of student and faculty activists for their political beliefs.

Landmark for democracy
The agreement also required law enforcers and government troops to report to UP if they had arrested or detained any UP student, faculty, or staff anywhere in the Philippines.

When he signed the accord on July 4, 1989, three years after the ouster of dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Abueva said the agreement was a “landmark in the evolution of our democracy, and the protection of the university’s academic freedom.”

But in January this year, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana unilaterally abrogated the accord, claiming without basis that the university was a recruitment ground for communist rebels.

“I am appalled and dismayed by this unilateral abrogation,” Abueva said in reaction.

Tributes
In an effort to overcome the “sharpening elitist profile” of the UP studentry, Abueva introduced the socialized tuition scheme that would require wealthier students to pay higher fees and effectively “subsidize” UP’s poorer students.

On Wednesday, UP paid tribute to Abueva, saying that he brought “equitable development, nationalism and peace” during his tenure as president.

It said that socialized tuition and his introduction of UP’s Filipino language policy “were among the cornerstones of his legacy as UP president.”

During his presidency, Abueva advocated the use of Filipino in research and pedagogy and formed the university’s Sentro ng Wikang Filipino.

In a 2012 interview published in the Journal ng Wikang Filipino, Abueva said Filipino was often regarded as an “inferior” language compared to English, even within the country’s national university. But he challenged that assumption.

“We need to have a robust national language that is actually learned by many Filipinos,” he said. “It is bad for us that most of our educated can only speak in English when [it] is a colonial language.”

For federalism
After leaving UP, he founded Kalayaan College in Marikina in 2001 and served as a trustee of the Social Weather Stations.
A staunch supporter of federalism and the parliamentary system, Abueva was appointed chair of the 2005 consultative commission by then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to propose a revision of the Constitution.

He was secretary of the Philippine Constitutional Convention of 1971 and chair of the Legislative-Executive Military Bases Council from 1989 to 1990.

He earned his bachelor of arts in law (cum laude) at UP and his master of public administration and Ph.D. in political science at the University of Michigan. In 1968, he received UP’s Distinguished Scholar Award.
In a tribute to its former dean, the UP National Center for Public Administration and Governance honored his “legacy of service to the nation and to the university.”

Beta Sigma Fraternity also paid its respects to their “brod,” whom they called an “intellectual and public servant … who never failed to deliver.”

“He put his brilliant mind to good use, formulating and advocating for sound policy choices, most notable of which was a society without killing or the threat of such,” they said, referring to Abueva’s lifelong nonkilling advocacy.

Abueva is survived by his children Lanelle, Jobert, Rossana, and Jonas; and his grandchildren and in-laws.

By: Krixia Subingsubing, Reporter


September 27, 2021
September 27, 2021
Lanelle, Rosanna, Jobert Jonas,

We have fond memories of your Tatay and your Mom. We moved here in 1971 soon after typhoon Yoling damaged the roof of your house. Later I visited them in New York. Bobbie, Gilbert and Trichie enjoyed their hospitality in Tokyo when they stayed a few days.

Yes, I have always looked to Pepe for good advice. We worked together in getting the UP BAHAY NG ALUMNI when he was president. He always prodded me to write a book about my corporate experience which I was able to do with his help despite my inexperience in such writing Together we worked in putting order in BHHA when it needed help.

Pepe touched the lives of many people with his integrity, pleasant disposition, and always willingness to help.
We are all blessed to have had him as a FRIEND.
August 27, 2021
August 27, 2021
Rest in Peace, President Abueva. I had good memories at the Executive House when you were UP President. You have always requested Dr. Elsa Orlina (UP CHE-HEED Department) to cater when you have functions and being her student(s), we are part of the catering team. It was such a pleasure serving you and your guests delicious meals concocted by Dr. Orlina.

May we never forget your contribution to the UP community.
August 25, 2021
August 25, 2021
A quiet, effective, and authentic Filipino leader. His accomplishments and unique career will not be replicated. I am honored I met Pepe when he came to WackWack to visit my mom in early 60s….
August 24, 2021
August 24, 2021
You will be missed, especially at our family getherings.
August 23, 2021
August 23, 2021
A poem for Lolo Pepe
From Ysabella Balce


~ Smiling Eyes ~

A pair of smiling eyes
Dotes on all of humanity

Loving all its conditions,
Loving it unconditionally.

A knowing peace within
Flowing outward to all

A soul that lives and breathes
Long after its vessel rests
Known a life well-lived,
Lived to the fullest

A being of light
Familiar with pain
A human so kind
Knowing no blame


An ocean of gratitude
For the life here you’ve shared
For the compassion you’ve shown
To a world still learning

Your wisdom and example,
A steadfast call to action.
A cause for celebration
Yet another graduation!

A pair of eyes closed
This cycle completes
Leaving a parting gift:
The smile we all know,
A smile we can keep.
August 22, 2021
August 22, 2021
Ninong Pepe was extra kind and gracious to me and my family. He supported us from our early years as a couple trying to earn our graduate degrees in Japan, to the time when we decided to return to the Philippines to settle for good. Despite his hectic schedule, he would always find time to meet with us at their residence in Beverly Hills, at Crescent Moon, or in some mall for a good chat over ice cream. He and Nang Coring were even the first ones to visit us in Makati Med when we had our first child. Our last memory of him was him gracing us with a beautiful a cappella rendition of Matud Nila when we visited him in 2019.

In honor of his memory as my mentor-leader at UP and KC, and, perhaps more importantly, as our family's supporter and role model, here is a bilingual poem for him, titled after one of his favorite songs.

*Matud Nila*
(Pagkatapos ng kantang Matud Nila, para kay Nong Pepe)
by Kris Berse

Matud nila, hindi tayo nararapat
Na mangarap ng kalinaw at pag-asa;
Matud nila, di na natin mamamalas
Ang payapang pagsalubong ng umaga.

Gugmang putli itong ating Pananalig,
Kabutiha’y yamang higit sa bulawan;
Matud nila, walang lugar ang pag-ibig
Sa ‘ting mundong nilisan na ng kundiman.

Hinding-hindi magigiba ‘tong pagbati,
Pantay-pantay dapat lagi ang paggalang;
Aanhin pa ang salita’t kinabuhi
Kung katwira’y bali’t budhi ay suwapang.

Sabihin mong di mo basta isusuko
Ang pangandoy nitong bayang makaahon;
Sabihin mong ngayon natin isapuso
Ang makatao’t maka-Diyos na pagsulong.


*They Say*
(After the song, Matud Nila, for Nong Pepe)
by Kris Berse

They say we are not worthy
To dream of peace and hope,
They say we will never see
The tranquil embrace of the morn.

How noble of a love is this Faith
In goodness that’s more precious than gold;
They say love has no more space
In a world where dear songs no longer hold.

Never should we waver in this belief,
To treat everyone at all times with respect;
For what will words and living be
If reason’s wry and soul’s soiled by greed.

Tell me that you won’t just give up
Our collective dream of building a nation,
Tell me now that you’ll take to heart 
A humane and God-fearing aspiration.
August 22, 2021
August 22, 2021
I met Pepe when I joined the United Nations University in 1978. As a fellow Filipino we quickly became friends and not too long after he was my immediate boss in the office of the Secretary of the Governing Council which he headed. As a result we often had to travel together and had ample time to talk. We also became good friends, to the extent that our children also got to know each other. This friendship has lasted to the present day. So, it is with a heavy heart that I have to bid him adieu. My sadness is lightened knowing that Pepe, because of his countless exemplary actions, leaves behind so much love, happiness and hope.
August 21, 2021
August 21, 2021
Dr Pepe Abueva whom our family met in early 60s, when he undertook a well-researched biography of Ramon Magsaysay, our father who died in a plane crash in 1957..
We grieve his passing and at the same time feel his comfort and peace as he joined his beloved Socorro with their, our Maker..
May you both look after your family and the Country you Love to hurdle our challenges

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August 19, 2022
August 19, 2022
Prayers for you, President Abueva.
My college days were filled with memories of us students of Dr. Elsa Orlina (College of Home Economics, Home Economics Education Department) catering your events. Those were the moments we can get close to the UP President.
May your soul Rest In Peace. May you be in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ who granted you the wisdom and intelligence to lead a prestigious institution.
May your legacy continue still as we face uncertainty with politicians who only think of themselves and not the nation.
May your family be at peace that you are now in heaven.
September 28, 2021
September 28, 2021
Philippine Daily Inquirer - Aug 19, 2021

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1475671/former-up-president-jose-abueva-93

Leader of peace: Jose Abueva, former UP president, dies at 93
By: Krixia Subingsubing - Reporter / @KrixiasINQ

MANILA, Philippines — Former University of the Philippines (UP) President Jose Veloso Abueva, who helped forge the landmark 1989 accord limiting military and police presence on campus and who introduced the socialized tuition system in the country’s premier state university, died on Wednesday morning. He was 93.

His daughter, Rossana, told the Inquirer that he died of heart failure at 10:40 a.m. in his home in Beverly Hills, Antipolo City, in Rizal province.

A prominent public administration expert and political scientist, the Bohol-born scholar served as UP’s 16th president from 1987 to 1993 and served as chancellor of UP Diliman from 1990 to 1991.

In a 2004 essay by Japanese Buddhist philosopher and author Daisaku Ikeda, Abueva explained why he accepted the challenge of being UP president:

“Throughout history, there have been many leaders of war, but there have been few leaders of peace. I am determined to help change this.”

One of his legacies was the 1989 UP-Department of National Defense (DND) accord, which he signed with then-Defense Secretary Fidel Ramos to limit the presence of state forces on campus to protect the university’s status as a bastion of free speech and freedom of expression.

It reaffirmed the 1982 accord between UP student leader Sonia Soto and then-Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile, which barred the police and the military from entering UP campuses without prior permission from school authorities to prevent the targeting of student and faculty activists for their political beliefs.

Landmark for democracy
The agreement also required law enforcers and government troops to report to UP if they had arrested or detained any UP student, faculty, or staff anywhere in the Philippines.

When he signed the accord on July 4, 1989, three years after the ouster of dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Abueva said the agreement was a “landmark in the evolution of our democracy, and the protection of the university’s academic freedom.”

But in January this year, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana unilaterally abrogated the accord, claiming without basis that the university was a recruitment ground for communist rebels.

“I am appalled and dismayed by this unilateral abrogation,” Abueva said in reaction.

Tributes
In an effort to overcome the “sharpening elitist profile” of the UP studentry, Abueva introduced the socialized tuition scheme that would require wealthier students to pay higher fees and effectively “subsidize” UP’s poorer students.

On Wednesday, UP paid tribute to Abueva, saying that he brought “equitable development, nationalism and peace” during his tenure as president.

It said that socialized tuition and his introduction of UP’s Filipino language policy “were among the cornerstones of his legacy as UP president.”

During his presidency, Abueva advocated the use of Filipino in research and pedagogy and formed the university’s Sentro ng Wikang Filipino.

In a 2012 interview published in the Journal ng Wikang Filipino, Abueva said Filipino was often regarded as an “inferior” language compared to English, even within the country’s national university. But he challenged that assumption.

“We need to have a robust national language that is actually learned by many Filipinos,” he said. “It is bad for us that most of our educated can only speak in English when [it] is a colonial language.”

For federalism
After leaving UP, he founded Kalayaan College in Marikina in 2001 and served as a trustee of the Social Weather Stations.
A staunch supporter of federalism and the parliamentary system, Abueva was appointed chair of the 2005 consultative commission by then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to propose a revision of the Constitution.

He was secretary of the Philippine Constitutional Convention of 1971 and chair of the Legislative-Executive Military Bases Council from 1989 to 1990.

He earned his bachelor of arts in law (cum laude) at UP and his master of public administration and Ph.D. in political science at the University of Michigan. In 1968, he received UP’s Distinguished Scholar Award.
In a tribute to its former dean, the UP National Center for Public Administration and Governance honored his “legacy of service to the nation and to the university.”

Beta Sigma Fraternity also paid its respects to their “brod,” whom they called an “intellectual and public servant … who never failed to deliver.”

“He put his brilliant mind to good use, formulating and advocating for sound policy choices, most notable of which was a society without killing or the threat of such,” they said, referring to Abueva’s lifelong nonkilling advocacy.

Abueva is survived by his children Lanelle, Jobert, Rossana, and Jonas; and his grandchildren and in-laws.

By: Krixia Subingsubing, Reporter


September 27, 2021
September 27, 2021
Lanelle, Rosanna, Jobert Jonas,

We have fond memories of your Tatay and your Mom. We moved here in 1971 soon after typhoon Yoling damaged the roof of your house. Later I visited them in New York. Bobbie, Gilbert and Trichie enjoyed their hospitality in Tokyo when they stayed a few days.

Yes, I have always looked to Pepe for good advice. We worked together in getting the UP BAHAY NG ALUMNI when he was president. He always prodded me to write a book about my corporate experience which I was able to do with his help despite my inexperience in such writing Together we worked in putting order in BHHA when it needed help.

Pepe touched the lives of many people with his integrity, pleasant disposition, and always willingness to help.
We are all blessed to have had him as a FRIEND.
His Life

Curriculum Vitae

August 20, 2021
Education

• A.B. Arts-Law (cum laude)1951       University of the Philippine
• Master of Public Administration1954       The University of Michigan
• Ph.D. (Political Science/Sociology), 1959The University of Michigan

Graduate Study Scholarships

• U.P. graduate study fellowships from U.S. Mutual Security Agency/Foreign Operations Administration (forerunners of US/AID), the Agricultural Development Council, and the Rockefeller Foundation.
Positions

• Founding President of KalayaanCollege at RiverbanksCenterMarikina (2001).
• Professor Emeritus of Public Administration and Political Science, UP (since 1998)
• Professor of Political Science and Public Administration (1993-1998)
• President of the University of the Philippines (1987-1993)
• Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Diliman (1990-1991)
• Experience at the United Nations University and in relation to the United Nations System and the World Academic Community (1977-1987)
• 1977-1984. Secretary, UN University Council (Governing Board of the University)
• 1984-1986. Director, UN University Office for North America (formerly UNU Liaison Office) United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
• 1986-1987. Director of Planning and Evaluation for the UN University.

Academic Experience

• 1950-1970. University of the Philippines: from Graduate Assistant and Instructor in Political Science and Sociology (College of Liberal Arts) to Professor of Public Administration (1964-1970) and Assistant Deanfor Academic Instruction and Research (1963-1970), College of Public Administration.
• 1957. Founding Editor: Philippine Journal of Public Administration, quarterly journal published by U.P. College of Public Administration.
• 1962-1963. Faculty Coordinator, Reorganization of the University of the Philippines, assisting President Carlos P. Romulo.
• Early 1960s. Helped organize and became the first President of the U.P. Faculty Association.
Director, Local Government Research, U.P.College of Public Administration.

Mid1960s. Led faculty in developing and establishing the Doctor of Public dministration Program at the U.P.College of Public Administration.


Academic Honors
• 1951. A.B. (Arts-Law) cum laude, University of the Philippines; Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society; Pi Gamma Mu Honor Society.
• 1962. “TOYM” Award (in Political Science) by Philippine Junior Chamber of Commerce (JAYCEES).
• 1968. Distinguished Scholar Award of the University of the Philippines(the first year this ward was given under U.P. President Carlos P. Romulo).
• 1976. Most Outstanding Alumnus in the Social Sciencesat the University of the Philippines, by the U.P. Alumni Association.
• 1987. Most Outstanding Professional Achievement Award in Social Science for 1987, Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in Social Science, U.P. Alpha Chapter.
• 1987. Honorary Fellow, The Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science.
• 1988. Certificate of Recognition “for outstanding and dedicated service to our country and the international community of nations, as an academic leader, writer, researcher, and negotiator in our quest for peace.” International Societies of Phi Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, and Pi Gammu Mu..
• 1990. Award of Recognition by the U.S. Big Ten Universities alumni Associations.
• 1991. Honorary Doctorate, SokaUniversity, Tokyo
• 1994-95. Gawad bilang pagkilala sa kanyang pagtataguyod at pamumuno sa pagpaunlad, paggamit at pagpalaganap sa Filipino ang Wikang Pambansa (award for his leadrship and support in promoting the development, use and diffusion of Filipino, the national language) (1994-95)
-Gawad Sikolohiyang Pilipino: Pambansang Samahan sa  Sikolohiyang Pilipino

-Gawad Cecilio K. Lopez: Sentro ng Wikang Filipino

-Pagkilala: Departmento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas

• 2002. Leadership Award, by the National College of Public Administration and Governance, University of the Philippines, “for his pioneering leadership of the College from its  very beginnings: for bringing forth and nurturing its long –running PJPA and its research and doctoral programs; for conceiving and conducting  path-breaking studies in various areas  now embodied in the Center for Leadership, Citizenship and Democracy: for  his continuing  commitment to scholarly excellence in the University and in his efforts to inform public opinion: and for his infectious sense of humor as well as his sober sensibility.”    (NCPAG 50thAnniversary)
• 2003. Outstanding Phi Kappa Phi member, by the International Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, U.P. Chapter  “an award for your achievements and contributions  towards sustaining a culture of excellence and service to the nation; of using knowledge to create a just, caring and humane world.”

Philippine Government Service

• 1954-1955. Staff Assistant to the Chairman, Budget Commissioner Dominador Aytona, of the Government Survey and Reorganization Commission (a presidential-legislative  body)-study of the organization, management and reform of the national government under President Ramon Magsaysay (on leave from U.P)
• 1962-1963. Consultant to Philippine Vice-President and Secretary of Foreign Affairs, during the MacapagalAdministration)
• 1970-1971. Executive Director, Joint Executive-Legislative Local Government Reform Commission
• 1971-1973. Secretary of the Constitutional Convention(Elected by the Convention Delegates)
• 1973. Executive Secretary, Metro Manila Councilors’ Assembly
• 1987. Adviser to the Philippine Government on Public-Administration and Development (February-August)- assisted Ambassador to the United States Emmanuel Pelaez,  the Chairman of the Government Panel on the Peace Talks with the Moro rebels and the Cordillera rebels and on the creation of autonomous regions in Muslim Mindanao and in the Cordilleras.
• 1989. Chairman, Legislative-Executive Bases Council (September 1989-December 1990). The LEBC prepared and adopted the Comprehensive Conversion Program for Alternative Uses of the Military Baselands and the Military Camps in Metro Manila which was approved by President Corazon C. Aquino in October 1990. The Comprehensive Conversion Program became the framework for the conversion of Subic Naval Base, Clark Air Base, and other military bases, and of Ft.Bonifacio and other military camps in Metro Manila.
• Member. President Corazon C. Aquino’s Committee on the Bases.
• 1992-1993. Member, ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) Study Commission
Member of the Board of Trustees, Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS)

• 1999. Chairman, Search Committee for the President of MindanaoStateUniversity
• 2005. Chairman, Consultative Commission to propose the revision of the Philippine Constitution.
• 2008-2008. Member, Presidential Task Force on Education.

International Development and Education Experience

• 1958. Secretary-General, First Asian Regional Conference on Public Administration, Manila and Baguio which led to the founding of EROPA (Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration).
• 1959. United Nations Meeting of Experts on Community Development Programmes, the Hague, Netherlands.
• 1971-1973. Member of the Board of Trustees, Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation, Manila.
• 1973-1975. Ford Foundation Adviser, Center for Economic Development and Administration, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; also advisor on executive training.
• 1974. Member of Evaluation Task Force, National Planning Commission, His Majesty’s Government of Nepal.
• 1974. Consultant, Pakistan Administrative StaffCollege—on Implementation of Administrative Reforms in Pakistan.
• 1975-1977. Ford Foundation Project Specialist on Asian Studies, South East Asia Office, with responsibilities for program management and development of graduate training and research in the social sciences and the humanities; development studies and research; rural development; and human rights. Based in Bangkok, Thailand and Manila.
• 1978. Ford Foundation Consultant on the reorganization of TribhuvanUniversity, Kathmandu, Nepal.
• 1979-1988. Member of the Advisory Board, Southeast Asia Quarterly, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore.
• 1983-1984. Consultant, Reflections on Development Research Fellowships in Southeast Asia, The Rockefeller Foundation.
• 1988. Member, Regional Advisory Council, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore
• 1988-1992. Member, Board of Higher Education, an advisory body to the Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports
• 1991. Member, ASEAN Advisory Board (Re: Study Project on the ASEANUniversity).

Visiting Professorships/Lectureships

• 1965-1966. Visiting Scholar, Institute of Advance Projects, EastWestCenter, Honolulu, Hawaii.
• 1966-1967. Visiting Professor of Political Science, BrooklynCollege of the CityUniversityof New York.
• 1968-1969. Visiting Lecturer, Ateneo de Manila University (Politics and Development).
• 1969-1970. Visiting Professor of Political Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
• 1973-1975. Visiting Professor of Development Administration and Chairman of Committee on Public Administration Study, Institute of Business Administration, Commerce and Public Administration, TribhuvanUniversity, Kathmandu, Nepal.
• Guest Lecturer. University of Michigan, the University of Hawaii, and the University  of Oregon, Cornell University, Duke University, Tufts University, the Local Autonomy College of Japan, the American University in Beirut, the University of Malaya, Sophia University in Tokyo, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Waseda University, the City University of New York, Colombia University, University of California, Berkeley and Northern Illinois University; Jawaharlal Nehru University.
• Also presented papers at meetings of the Congress of Orientalists, in Mexico City; the Conference on the Bicentennial of American Independence, in San Francisco; the Canadian Association of South-East Asian Studies, the University of Toronto; the International Society of Political Psychology, at Oxford University; the First National Social Science Congress of the Philippines, in Metro Manila; the World Future Studies Federation, at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, and several other scholarly conferences.

Membership in Professional/Civic/Other Organizations

A. Current Positions/and Professional Affiliations
• Founding President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, KalayaanCollege
• Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Aurora Aragon-Quezon Peace Foundation
• Chairman, Committee on Constitutional Continuity and Change, Philippine Political Science Association.
• Co-Chairman, Board of Advisers, ManilaDoctorsCollege
• Member, Advisory Council of Eminent Persons to propose electoral and political reforms, Government of the Philippines and UNDP.
• Member of the Board of Advisers, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ)
Trustee and Incorporator, Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR)

• Co-Founder & Member, NationalInter-UniversityForum on Education (NIUFE)
• Trustee of the Bantayog ng  mga Bayani Foundation, Inc.
• Trustee and Fellow, Social Weather Stations (SWS)
• Member, Philippine Constitution Association (PHILCONSA)
• Trustee, Foundation for Worldwide People Power
• Member, Citizen’s Movement for a Federal Philippines (CMFP)
• Fellow, Institute for Development and Econometric Analysis, Inc. (IDEA)
• Trustee, International Visitors Program-Philippines (IVP)
B. Scholarly Affiliations
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
• Pi Gamma Mu Social Science Honor Society
• Beta Sigma lead outstanding alumn
• National Research Council of the Philippines
• Philippine Political Science Association
• Society for Public Administration of the Philippines
• Honorary Fellow of the Philippine Society for the Advancement of Science
     Volunteer Service

• President and Chairman of the Board of Governors, Beverly Hills Homeowners’ Association
• Chairman of the Board of Directors, Federation of Homeowners’ Associations of AntipoloCity
• Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Aurora Aragon-Quezon Peace  Foundation
• Chairman, Committee on Constitutional Continuity and Change, Philippine Political Science Association.
• Trustee and Incorporator, Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR)
• Trustee of the Bantayog ng  mga Bayani Foundation, Inc.
• Member, Philippine Constitution Association (PHILCONSA)
• Trustee, Foundation for Worldwide People Power
• Member, Citizen’s Movement for a Federal Philippines (CMFP). Chairman, Board of Adviser
• Member, Board of Directors, Centrist Democracy Political Institute
• Member, Governing Council, Center for Global Nonkilling
• Lead Convener, Our Movement for a Nonkilling Philippines

Personal Information:

Birthday: May 25, 1928
Birthplace: Tuburan, Cebu

Parents: Teodoro Abueva & Purificacion Veloso
Wife: Ma. Socorro Encarnacion Abueva
Children:
Marie Lanelle Abueva-Fernando
Jobert E. Abueva
Rossana E. Abueva
Jonas E. Abueva

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Thank you, Tito Pepe

August 29, 2021
I have fond memories of Tito Pepe, Tita Coring, and the Abueva family as a close family friend and neighbor in Beverly. Tito Pepe is a gracious and kind person, a gentleman, fatherly, a highly accomplished professional, truly down-to-earth, a talented singer with a calm voice, a man of integrity ….in other words, a Renaissance man! He is much loved in our family. 
Thinking of Tito Pepe brings to mind some of my cherished memories, especially in my teenage and growing up years in Beverly. 
… In the early ’80s, he invited our family to travel to Japan, where their family was residing at the time. For my parents’ graduation gift, I had the opportunity to visit them on a holiday trip with mom and my older brother, Caccus. We stayed at their place for a few days then. Before going on that trip, I only knew the “Abuevas” as our next-door neighbor who lives abroad. I had the impression that our visit to Japan might end up a “formal” experience with a high-level UN executive and his family. To my pleasant surprise, Tito Pepe, Tita Coring, Rossana, and Jonas were all so welcoming, and their family just made us feel at home, as though we were relatives. I still recall in one of those days, after a day trip within Tokyo, we were on our way back to their residence with Tito Pepe, and at some point, he called Tita Coring on the phone, “Chica, is there anything you need from the supermarket now”? There were many other details he had as a family man. 
… One of the events we look forward to within Beverly is the singing sessions at the Tower of the Abueva house, overlooking a scenic view of Manila, e.g., on a Kapihan breakfast on a Sunday, as it has been a tradition in our subdivision. Those were enjoyable get-togethers where everyone shared stories and sang away in a relaxed mood. Tito Pepe and Tito Cornie were the singers in the group, as I recall. 
… On another occasion, one Sunday morning, on my first or 2nd year in college (Tito Pepe was already our UP President then), he learned that I had some close friends from UP visiting our home. We were thrilled as he invited us over to their house for morning coffee, and we all had a very engaging conversation with him, our President!
… I also could never forget how in my last year in college, he wrote me a letter inviting me to join a group of UP students going for a 10-day educational tour to Japan, hosted by Soka University. I’m very grateful for this experience, and I recall how our group bonded very well and became good friends. 
… I’m also grateful for his trust, confidence, and support in some stages of my professional life, one of which is his being one of my referees in my joining the UP NCPAG as an adjunct faculty member. 
These are but a glimpse of the happy memories I have of Tito Pepe. 
Thank you so much, Tito! You will always be in my prayers, and I know that God is rewarding you now with His abundant graces for your fruitful life, well-lived. 

"Let me be imprudent."

August 25, 2021
Pres. Abueva, as junior faculty members have addressed him in the early 1990s, has been the partner of UP's junior faculty at large in establishing in everyone's mind the concept of "junior faculty."  It is now a concept embedded in the UP community's mind, in use both officially and elsewhere. This has not been the case before his term.

Our school, Batangas Eastern Colleges, now enjoys his thoughts that have very much influenced my own thinking.

The following is from my blog that I write for our school.  (https://www.pinoytoolbox.org/post/obedience-not-everything.)

"“Let me be imprudent,” has been said by a junior faculty member addressing Dr. Jose V. Abueva, then UP president. The occasion has been a meeting between the president and his executive committee, on one hand, and over 50 members of the Junior Faculty Caucus, on the other hand.

I recall now Pres. Abueva calmly replying and saying he welcomes and encourages all such imprudent responses from the junior faculty throughout his term as president.

Cut the story short, under his term, thanks to the imprudent responses of the junior faculty at large on many occasions, Pres. Abueva has left the university the following by the end of this term.

  • Walk-up housing and split-type housing units in three locations within the campus
  • Faculty Manual, published for the first time
  • Grievance committee, established for the first time
  • Junior faculty grants and fellowships in so many forms, formerly mostly available only to senior faculty
  • Day care facility
  • Committee representation of junior faculty in all policy making committees
Many of those who have attended that meeting have stayed on with the university and have now become accomplished senior faculty members themselves."

Maraming salamat po, Dr. Jose V. Abueva.

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