4 U.P. Newsletter
MARCH 2011
Former VP Jose Endriga, 72
The university mourned the death of former Vice-President for Public Affairs Jose N. Endriga last January 22. VP Joe was 72 years old. A necrological service was organized in his honor by his home college, the UP National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG), last January 26 at Funeraria Paz, Quezon City.
The service featured NCPAG faculty and staff. The new UP administration led by UP President Alfredo Pascual paid tribute to Endriga. Other testimonials were given by then UP President Emerlinda Roman and other UP System colleagues like. former UP President Francisco Nemenzo, former Vice-President for Academic Affairs Maria Serena Diokno, former Vice-President for Public Affairs Jose Dalisay Jr., former Vice-President for Development Rafael Rodriguez and former Assistant Vice-President for Public Affairs Priscelina Legasto. Former UP President Jose Abueva, former UP Manila Chancellor Marita Reyes and Prof. Randy David also paid him tribute. Greg de Leon of the UP College of Music gave a song number. Among those who paid their last respects were UP Open University Chancellor Grace Alfonso, former VicePresident for Finance Erlinda Echanis, then Vice-President for Public Affairs Isabelita Reyes, Assistant Vice-President Jose Wendell Capili, then Assistant VicePresident for Development Jaime Caro, former Assistant Vice-President for Finance Mark Cayanan, Prof. Ludendorffo Decenteceo, Prof. Sylvia Guerrero
and the UP System staff. Endriga’s remains were cremated the next day, January 27. VP Joe served the University as professor of Public Administration, teaching Introduction to Policy Analysis, Methods of Policy Analysis, Economics and Public Policy, Policy and Program Implementation, Organization and Management, and Human Behavior in Organizations. He took up Special Studies in Policy Analysis at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in the Spring term of 1980-1981. He earned a Master of Public Administration at Cornell University in 1974, an MA in History at the University of Wisconsin in 1969, and a Bachelor of Arts, major in History (cum laude), at UP in 1958. He started in UP as an administrative assistant in the Community Development Research Council in 1960. He then became an instructor in the Department of History from 1964 to 1968. From the 1970s to the early 1980s, he occupied the following positions: member of the Program Development Staff of the Office of the Executive Vice President and of the Program Development Staff of UP Visayas (UPV); assistant dean of what was then the UP College of Manila;
secretary of the College of Public Administration; director of Graduate Studies of the College of Public Administration; and dean of the School of Development Management of UPV. In the 1990s, Prof. Endriga became director of the Center for Integrative and Development Studies; UPV Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs; and director of the Program for Leadership, Citizenship and Democracy of the College of Public Administration. Endriga was dean of the National College of Public Administration and Governance from June 1, 1995 to June 30, 1998 and Vice-President for Public Affairs from August 1999 to April 2003, during which time he helped rally UP alumni in Congress to support the enactment of a new UP charter. Outside UP, Endriga was a consultant to various public development projects and a lecturer on project development in various government and non-government agencies. He was also a noted author of many works on the Philippine civil service. VP Joe, also a talented singer, was born in Davao City, and married to former School of Urban and Regional Planning Dean Dolores Endriga, with whom he had five children.
Patuloy na paggigiit sa isang demokratikong pamantasan ng bayan (Continued from page 3)
Former UP President Francisco Nemenzo shares his memory of the late Professor Endriga during the necrological service.
Prof. Ricardo M. Zarco, 80 CELESTE ANN CASTILLO LLANETA
Retired Sociology Prof. Ricardo M. Zarco passed away last January 22. He was 80 years old. Zarco was professor emeritus of UP Diliman’s Department of Sociology and pioneer researcher on substance abuse and deviant youth behavior in the Philippines. Born on February 11, 1930, Zarco studied for a short time at the Silliman University before transferring to UP Diliman to earn his BA Psychology degree in 1952 and his MA in Sociology degree in 1959. He rose from instructor to assistant professor and finally to full professor. He served as chair of the Department of Sociology in 1983. He was Professor 12 at the time of his retirement in 1995, and was bestowed the rank of professor emeritus in 2000. Prior to his work at UP, he worked as psychologist for Ang Tibay, Inc.. He was also a 1st Lieutenant of the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Military Ar-
mistice Commission (AFP-MAC). A member of the National Research Council of the Philippines, Zarco was highly recognized for his numerous publications on the sociology of deviance, especially among adolescents. He was often cited by media on relevant issues like drug abuse among Filipino youth, fraternity violence, rape and male sexuality. He worked with the Philippine Sociological Society, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology and the Narcotics Foundation of the Philippines, among others. He published numerous articles in journals like the Philippine Sociological Review, Philippine Social Sciences Review and the Philippine Journal of Public Administration. He is survived by his wife, retired UP Department of Mathematics Professor Estrella C. Hofileña-Zarco, his sons, UP College of Engineering Professor Mark Albert H. Zarco and Timothy H. Zarco, and their families.
Ceasar Saloma, dekano ng Kolehiyo ng Agham, ang napili ng BOR. Kinilala ng mga nasa ibaba ng Quezon Hall ang desisyon ng pagharap ng Pangulo ng UP sa kanila para iulat ang resulta. Ipinahayag ng mga miyembro ng Rights of Untenured UP Faculty kay Pangulong Pascual ang kanilang pagkakainip sa pagpapatupad sa desisyon ng BOR na mabigyan na ng tenure si Prop. Sarah Raymundo. Ibinalita ng Staff Regent na binigyan ng awtoridad ng BOR si Pangulong Pascual para maagang pamahagi ang unang rice subsidy. Matatandaang kahilingan ito ng All-UP Workers Union habang hindi pa tumataas ang presyo ng bigas. Iniulat niya ring inumpisahan na ng bagong administrasyon ang pag-aaral sa kahilingan para sa karagdagang 10 araw na leave para sa mga kawani at REPS dahil hindi nagiwan ng komputasyon ang nakaraang administrasyon kung gaano kalaki ang alokasyong kailangan para dito. Ipinaabot ng Student Regent na pinaiimbestigahan ng Pangulo ng UP ang kahilingan ng komunidad ng UP Cebu na alisin na sa puwesto si Dekano Enrique Avila bunga ng diumanong sunud-sunod na paglabag nito sa demokratikong pamamahala. Bagama’t marami ang nalungkot na hindi si Dekano Tolentino ang napiling Tsanselor ng UP Diliman, hindi tumamlay ang programa. Nagwakas ito sa mga kantang “Awit ng Pag-asa” at “UP Naming Mahal” na militante at madamdaming inawit ng mga naroon. Tuloy ang laban para sa demokratikong pamantasan ng sambayanan. Tuloy ang ating sama-samang pagkilos.