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Toward the UP System: A Brief History of UP
BY MONICA WONG

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*UP and its American Heritage
» » Parallelisms in UP History
*The Fighting Maroons
*In Brod's Hands: Fraternity Deaths in UP
*Implications of North Science Technology Park
» » Campus Development
*Behind the Scenes: Preparations for UP Centennial
*Radikal na Sentenaryo
*Songs of Hope and Pride
*Analysis
*Bastion of Activism
*Sa Ngalan ng Urbanidad

June 18, 1908
**passage of Act No. 1870 or U.P. Charter
**College of Fine Arts, College of Liberal Arts and College of Medicine and Surgery and a School of Agriculture in Los Banos, Laguna were established

1928
**From the original 67, student population rose to 7849

1939
**Board of Regents (BOR) sought funding to acquire a 493-hectare lot in Diliman
**Construction was initiated

1946
**University was left with damages after World War II
**UP President Bienvenido Gonzales sought a P13 million grant from the US-Philippines War Damage Commission for rehabilitation of UP
**College of Engineering, the Women’s Residence (Kamia Residence Hall), the Conservatory of Music, the President’s Residence and the Administration were constructed

February 1949
**40th anniversary celebration of UP
**Oblation was transferred from Manila to UP Diliman campus
**first general commencement exercises at the new campus
**Supervision of UP’s regional units in Manila, Los Baños, Baguio, and Cebu as well as the administrative operations were moved to UP Diliman
**UP President Vicente Sinco created a University College

1952
**Institute of Public Administration

**Statistical Center

1954
**Labor Education Center

1955
**Asian Studies Institute

1961
**College of Home Economics
**Institute of Library Science

Carlos P. Romulo’s term as UP President (1963-1968)
**Population Institute, the Law Center and the Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry Training Center, the Institute of Mass Communications,
the College of Business Administration, and the Institute of Planning, the Computer Center,
the Institute of Small-Scale Industries, the Institute of Social Work and Community Development and the Asian Center

Salvador P. Lopez’ term as UP President (1969-1975)
**UP was reorganized into the UP System
**UP’s Infrastructure Development Program
**College of Business Administration, the Institute of Small-Scale Industries and Transport Training Center, housing for low-income employees, Kalayaan Residence Hall

November 1972
**UP Los Baños was declared first as an autonomous unit

Onofre Corpuz’ term as UP President (1975-1979)
**UP Manila and UP Visayas were declared as autonomous units

1973
**Institute of Islamic Studies

1976
**UP Film Center and the National Center for Transportation Studies

1977
**Third World Studies Center

1978
**Creative Writing Center, National Engineering Center

1979
**UP Extension Program in San Fernando

1983
**UP celebrated its 75th anniversary

Edgardo Angara’s term as UP President (1981-1987)
**Diamond Jubilee project

March 23, 1983
**UP was declared an autonomous unit

Sources:
http://www.yonip.com/main/articles/nating-nagiging.html
http://www.uplb.edu.ph/UPSystem
http://www.yonip.com/main/articles/UP-HRD.html
http://www.yonip.com/main/articles/UP-HRD2.html
http://www.yonip.com/main/articles/UP-HRD3.html
http://www.yonip.com/main/articles/UP-HRD4.html
http://up.edu.ph/content.php?r=2&c=2

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