SU honors FVR, Alumni in a Memorial Service during 121st FD
Silliman University (SU) will honor the late former president Fidel V. Ramos (FVR) and other alumni in a memorial service at the Silliman Church on August 26, 2022.
The memorial service, initiated by the Alumni Affairs Office, will pay tribute to FVR and alumni who have gone ahead, particularly those belonging to classes/batches who plan to have their reunion during the 121st Founders Day.
On August 28, 1993, SU conferred on former president Ramos the degree of Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa. He was cited for having been elected as the first Protestant Filipino President, for launching peace initiatives and promoting international relations, devoting work to support church affairs on both local and national levels, and living life fully in the service of others.
Through the years, the late President had been a steadfast friend of SU. He had scuba diving expeditions around the nearby coral reefs that Silliman scientists and students have helped preserve.
Former president Ramos at the opening of the Fidel V. Ramos Reading Center last August 25, 2014. (Photo by Shan Yvonne Peras, SU Camera Club)
In his honor, SU also established the President Fidel V. Ramos Room in 2014 at the Robert Benton Silliman & Metta Jacobs Silliman Library, containing his published books from 1993 to 2017.
He has also been a guest speaker on campus several times and was instrumental in reopening the University during the Martial Law days in 1972. His visit during those difficult times extended his hand of friendship to assure SU of his support.
At that time, it was his unique but pleasant task to facilitate the release of the Sillimanian detainees. He declared that the University was already free to reopen after closure.
The memorial service is one of the different activities prepared by the other units in the University to celebrate the 121st Founders Day with the theme “Proclaiming God’s Faithfulness and Our Resiliency” from July 30 to August 30, 2022.
