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Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL) (also as San Juan de Letran College (SJLC), Letran College (LC) or simply Letran), was founded in 1620. Letran is a private Roman Catholic institution of higher learning located in Intramuros, Manila, Philippines.

The Colegio, pursuant of its goal to offer quality education, achieved Level 2 accredition from the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities in the Elementary department, and Level 1 for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), College of Business Administration (CBA), and High School Department

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History

The name San Juan de Letran is derived from Basilica of St. John Lateran, Rome, considered as the Mother Church of Christendom. This name, in turn, was taken from that of the palace known as Palazzo Laterano, beside which it stands at the Piazza San Giovanni or Saint John Square in that SE of Rome location, a former Imperial Palace given by Emperor Constantine to the Pope in the early 4th century, which later served as official papal residence for over a thousand years.

St. John the Baptist building fronting Muralla St. in Intramuros. The building serves as the administration building.
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St. John the Baptist building fronting Muralla St. in Intramuros. The building serves as the administration building.
The Colegio is owned and administered by priests of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) of the Philippine Dominican Province. The school has a rich and proud history and holds the distinction of having produced Philippine presidents, revolutionary heroes, poets, legislators, members of the clergy, jurists, and is the only Philippine school that has produced a Catholic Saint that actually lived and studied inside its original campus.

Originally founded by Don Juan Geromino Guerrero in 1620, a retired Spanish officer, in Intramuros as Colegio de Niños Huerfanos de San Juan de Letran. The school was designed to educate and mold orphans to good Christian citizens.

Around the same time, Diego de Santa Maria, O.P. established Colegio de Huerfanos de San Pedro y San Pablo. As Don Guerrero grew old, the two schools were fused together, taking the name of Colegio de San Juan de Letran.

St. Thomas Building, which houses the library, the media center and TV studios.
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St. Thomas Building, which houses the library, the media center and TV studios.
After 60 years, Letran was declared as an ecclesiastical college. A royal decree on May 1865 pronounced Letran as a "College of the First Class". Around this time, Letran became a school exclusively for boys.

During World War II, Letran suspended classes, and the school was changed into a Japanese garrison. After the war, Letran resumed operations. Several new construction projects were inaugurated to replace the old structures wrecked by war.

The school began accepting female students in its college department in the 1970s while the grade school and high school departments started accepting female enrollees starting in June 2005.

Letran has programs in business education, humanities, information technology, communication arts and basic education, and has successful athletic programs, particularly in basketball, football, volleyball, taekwondo, and tennis. Through the centuries Letran has produced numerous athletes that have donned the national colors (especially in basketball) in international events like the Olympics, Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games, Jones Cup, and Basketball World Championship.

The Colegio's Symbols

Motto

"Deus, Patria, Letran" - "For God, Country, and Letran."

Creed

"Soy un Letranista, y viviré para el Señor Dios, Patria y Letran" - "I am a Letranite and I will live my days as one for God, the Fatherland, and for our beloved Alma Mater"

Personification

An alumnus or current student of Letran is known as a Letranite (Letranista). The Letranite is personified by a Knight in armor.

The Knight also serves as the official mascot of the school in various athletic competitions.

Official Publications

Athletics

The Letran athletics logo
Letran is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association from 1928 to 1932, and since 1936.

The Colegio currently participates in basketball, volleyball, football (soccer), track and field, taekwondo and lawn tennis. The varsity teams are called Letran Knights (for seniors division), Squires (for juniors division) and Lady Knights (for women's division)

The seniors basketball team is the most successful team in the NCAA. Since joining in the 1928-29 season, the Knights have won a total of sixteen titles, the most in NCAA seniors basketball. The most recent championship came in the 2005 tournament, with a record of 13-1 in the eliminations and 3-1 in the playoffs (2-1 in the Finals) for an overall record of 16-2.

The staple cheer is Arriba Letran! (English: "Fly high Letran"). Several cheers of the Colegio were among of the first cheers to be used in the NCAA. The team supporters are known as Dugong Arriba (Arriba blooded).

Their most prominent rivals are the De La Salle Green Archers (before the Green Archers left the NCAA), San Sebastian Stags and the Mapua Cardinals, their neighbor in Intramuros.

Satellite Campuses

Degree Programs

Pre-Elementary

Elementary

High school

College of Business Administration and Accountancy

  • Bachelor of Science in Accountancy
  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
  • *Major in Business Management
  • *Major in Economics
  • *Major in Entrepreneurship
  • *Major in Financial Management
  • *Major in Human Resources Management
  • *Major in Marketing
  • *Major in Hospitality Management

College of Education

  • Bachelor in Secondary Education
  • *Major in Mathematics
  • *Major in English
  • *Major in Science
  • *Major in Physical Education

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Institute of Communication Arts Institute of Information Technology Others

Graduate School of Business Administration

Notable alumni

Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon's statue on Letran. The inscription at the bottom reads: "I feel happier to be identified not as Quezon the Chief Executive but as Quezon the Letranite."
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Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon's statue on Letran. The inscription at the bottom reads: "I feel happier to be identified not as Quezon the Chief Executive but as Quezon the Letranite."
Saint
  • St. Vicente Liem dela Paz, O.P. (HS,1747-1750) - Letran's foremost alumnus and heavenly patron. A young Vietnamese scholar who lived and studied in Letran during the 18th century.
Beatified Letranites
  • Tomas de San Jacinto, O.P.
  • Pedro de Sta. Maria, O.P.
  • Vicente Shiwozuka, O.P.
  • Francisco Shoyemon, O.P.
  • Jacobo Tomanaga, O.P.
  • Domingo Tuoc, O.P.
  • Vicente Yen, O.P.
Presidents of the Philippines Vice Presidents of the Philippines
  • Mariano Trias (AB)(Tejeros Convention, 1897)
  • Fernando Lopez (HS, 1921) (1949-1953, 1965-73)
Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
  • Cayetano L. Arellano (HS)(1901-1920)
  • Victorino M. Mapa (1920-1921)
  • Manuel G. Araullo (Coll, Ab Philo) (1921-1924)
  • Ramon Q. Avanceña (AB)(1925-1941)
Heroes of the Philippine Revolution
  • Mariano Abella (AB) - a delegate to the Malolos Congress
  • Crispulo Aguinaldo (AB) - a revolutionary leader, older brother of Emilio Aguinaldo
  • Santiago Alvarez (AB) - one of the most valiant generals of the Revolution
  • Dr. Galicano Apacible (HS) - propagandist
  • Vito Belarmino - one of the most brilliant major-generals of the revolutionary army
  • Higinio Benitez (GS, HS, AB)- a delegate to the Malolos Congress
  • Jose Torres Bugallon (HS, AB 1889) - a revolutionary leader
  • Fr. Jose Burgos (AB, Philo 1855) - GOMBURZA
  • Don Graciano Cordero - a delegate to the Malolos Congress
  • Mariano Crisostomo (HS, AB) - a delegate to the Malolos Congress
  • Gen. Emiliano Riego De Dios - revolutionary leader
  • Severino De Las Alas - a revolutionary leader
  • Dr. Trinidad Pardo de Tavera - a delegate to the Malolos Congress
  • Ladislao Diwa (AB)- one of the founders of Katipunan
  • Gen. Edilberto Evangelista (AB) - Hero of the Battle of Zapote Bridge, revolutionary leader
  • Emilio Jacinto (AB) - Revolutionary hero & Brains of the Katipunan
  • Apolinario Mabini (AB, 1887) - Brains of the Philippine Revolution
  • Gen. Mariano Llanera - revolutionary leader
  • Honorio Lopez (AB) - revolutionary leader
  • Gen. Vicente Lukban - revolutionary leader
  • Jose Maria Panganiban y Enverga - propagandist
  • Fr. Pedro Pelaez - Father of Secularization Movement in the Philippines
  • Dr. Antonio Regidor - revolutionary leader
  • Gen. Artemio Ricarte - revolutionary leader
  • Gen. Manuel Tinio (HS, 1896) - revolutionary leader
  • Isidoro Torres (HS) - revolutionary leader
  • Dr. Pio Valenzuela - revolutionary leader
  • Aguedo Velarde (AB)- a delegate to the Malolos Congress
  • Flaviano Yangko (AB)- revolutionary leader
  • Fr. Jacinto Zamora (AB)- GOMBURZA
Senators of the Philippines
  • Eulogio Rodriguez, Sr. (AB, 1896) (Senate President, 1952-53, 1953-1963)
  • Benigno Aquino, Sr. (AB, 1904)(House Speaker, 1943-44)
  • Nicolas Buendia
  • Francisco Afan Delgado
  • Isabelo Delos Reyes (AB)
  • Pedro Hernaez
  • Pedro Gil
  • Richard Gordon (PR, 55)
  • Pedro Guevara
  • Teodoro Kalaw
  • Isaac Lacson
  • Vicente Madrigal
  • Enrique Magalona (AB, 1907)
  • Daniel Maramba
  • Ruperto Montinola
  • Quintin Paredes (House Speaker, 1933-35)
  • Filemon Sotto
  • Vicente Sotto III (AB-English)
  • Juan Sumulong (AB)
  • Carlos Tan
  • Freddie Webb (Coll, English), also member of the Philippine basketball team in the 1972 Olympics
Congressmen of the Philippines
  • Sergio Apostol
  • Rudy Bacani (HS, 1966)
  • Melecio Cojuangco
  • Jose Mari Gonzales
  • Antonino Roman (HS 1954, AA 1956)
  • Rodolfo San Luis
Governors Mayors
  • Arsenio Cruz Herrera (AB, 1880) - first civilian mayor of Manila
  • Mary Jane Ortega (AB-Spanish and English, 1959) - City in La Union
  • Alain P. Rabang (HS, 1953) - (Umingan, Pangasinan)
  • Enrique B. Yap Jr. (HS, 1982) - (Sarangani)
Councilors Other Government Officials
  • Felipe Agoncillo - Ambassador
  • Herminio Astorga (HS, 1951)- Vice Mayor, Manila, 1964 TOYM Awardee for Political leadership, NCAA Basketball Athlete
  • Pedro Concepcion - Former chairman of COMELEC
  • Jose de los Reyes - First Chief of Staff of the Philippine Army, with the rank of Brigadier General
  • Howard Dee (GS, 1940) - Ambassador
  • Jaime Carlos de Veyra - Historian, Educator, former Director of the Institute of National Language
  • Jose Escaler (HS, 1897) - Acting Secretary of Justice
  • Datu Nasser Pangandaman (AB, 1978) - Secretary, Department of Agrarian Reform
  • Diosdado Peralta - Sandiganbayan Court Justice
  • Jose Lopez y Vito - Former chairman of COMELEC
  • Jose Luis Yulo, Jr. - Former SEC chairman
 Men of Cloth
  • Archbishop Artemio Casas
  • Archbishop Oscar Cruz of Lingayen-Dagupan
  • Archbishop Ramon Salazar, OP
  • Bishop Teodoro Bacani - Novaliches
  • Bishop Jose Salazar, OP (HS, 1958) - Batanes
  • Bishop Alfredo Versoza
  • Bishop Socrates Villegas - Bataan
  • Rev. Fr. Rogelio B. Alarcon, OP - Founder of the Angelicum School in Quezon City, Philippines and the first Filipino Father Provincial of the Order of Preachers.
  • Rev. Fr. Augusto Antonio, OP
  • Rev. Fr. Edmund Nantes, OP - Father Provincial- Philippine Dominican Province
  • Rev. Fr. Erasmo "Sonny" Ramirez, OP
  • Fr. Gregorio Aglipay(AB) - Founder of the Philippine Independent Church
Writers
  • Macario Adriatico - Writer & Lawyer
  • Manuel Artigas - Historian & Journalist
  • Francisco Balagtas - Poet
  • Jesus "Batikuling" Balmori - Renowned Filipino Poet in Spanish
  • Marcelo H. Del Pilar - Writer & Propagandist
  • Ermin Garcia Sr. - Journalist
  • Bienvenido Lumbrera (HS, 1950)- Writer
  • Mariano Ponce - Writer & Propagandist
  • Severino Reyes - Author, "Walang Sugat" and "Ang mga Kwento ni Lola Basyang"
  • Guillermo Gomez Rivera - Premio Zobel awardee
  • Juan Crisostomo Soto - Poet, Writer
  • Rolando Tinio (HS, 1950)- Writer
  • Celementa Zulueta - Journalist
  • Paolo Jamisola - Editor, Badminton Magazine Philippines
  • Carlo Francia - Editor, UNO Magazine

Educators

  • Mariano V. de los Santos - Founder of the University of Manila
  • Bienvenido Gonzalez - Former president of the University of the Philippines (UP)
  • Dr. Fernan Lukban (HS, 1978)- Head, Business and Economics Program of ARts and Sciences, University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P)
  • Enrique Mendiola - Educator, Member of the first Board of Regents of UP
  • Jovencio Ortañez - Former president of Ortañez University
  • Ignacio Villamor - First Filipino president of UP
  • Dr. Virgilio Enriquez (HS, 1958)- Founder Pambansang Samahan ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino; Named as one of the Outstanding Psychologists of the Philippines by the Psychological Association of the Philippines
Sportspeople
  • Sambiao Basanung - Olympic Swimmer (1948)
  • Enrique Beech - Olympic Shooter (1956, 1960)
  • Christian Calaguio - Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Player
  • Angel De Leon - Basketball player and coach
  • Itoy Esguerra - PBA Player
  • Felicisimo "Fely" Fajardo - Basketball player and coach. Olympian (1948, 1952)
  • Gabriel "Gabby" Fajardo - Basketball player
  • Rudy Hines - Basketball player and PBA official
  • Avelino "Samboy" Lim - Basketball player. The "Skywalker" of the PBA
  • Col. Julian Malonzo - Basketball player and FIBA official. Former President of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC)
  • Willie Miller - PBA Most Valuable Player
  • Lauro "The Fox" Mumar - Olympian (1948), Member of the famous Letran "Murder Inc." basketball team, 1950 NCAA Champions.
  • Carlos Padilla - Olympic Boxer (1932)
  • Jose Padilla, Jr.- Olympic Boxer (1932)
  • Fausto Preysler - Olympic Yachting (1960)
  • Kerby Raymundo - PBA Player
  • Antero "Terry" Saldaña - PBA Player
  • Nemie Villegas - Basketball player and coach
  • Rino Salazar - PBA player and coach
  • Joaquin Lopez - Football Hall of Fame
  • Ramil Abratique - Taekwondo Champion, Silver medalist World Championships
Businessmen
  • Dante Ang (MBA, 2004)- Businessman
  • Vicente Ayllon - Chairman of Insular Life
  • Jaime Bautista - Former President and CEO of Philippine Airlines
  • Tony Chua (Coll, 1975)- Businessman, Team Manager of Red Bull Basketabll Team (PBA), Executive Vice President, Philippines Football Federation (PFF)
  • Henry Co - President and CEO, Ford Motors Philippines
  • Geronimo Berenguer delos Reyes (Coll, 1958) - COO, Gateway Property Holdings and Randel Management Corp.
  • Enrique Locsin - Businessman; COO and President, Manila Times
  • Francisco Ortigas - Businessman and Corporate Lawyer
  • Petronilo Pineda - Lawyer, Businessman and Real Estate
  • Ramesh Sadhwani (HS, 1967) - General Manager, Four Seasons Resort (Maldives)
  • Alfredo Tan (HS, 1957)- president of Himmel (a chemical trading company), vice president of Basic Holding, Inc. (the mother company of business tycoon Lucio Tan’s group of companies), and assistant to the chairman of Philippine Air Lines
  • Dr. Juan "Ito" Torres, Jr. - Past International President of Kiwanis International
  • Enrique Zobel de Ayala - Businessman
Media Personalities
  • RG Cruz - News Reporter; Reporter; Producer, ABS-CBN 2
  • Ricky Davao - Actor
  • Johnny Delgado - Actor
  • Maryo delos Reyes - TV and Movie Director
  • Laurenti Dyogi (HS, 1983)- TV director
  • Dindo Fernando - Actor
  • Raymond Lauchengco - Actor, Singer, Photographer
  • Ed Picson - Sports broadcaster
  • Jose Javier Reyes - Film Director
  • Vic Sotto - Actor
  • JP Soriano - Reporter, QTV 11

Others:

  • Baron Cervantes (Coll, 1986)- Spokesperson, Young Officers' Union
  • Antonio J. Molina - "Dean of the Filipino Composers" during his time and famous for his immortal love song "Hating Gabi". He is a National Artist for Music.
  • Alfonso Mendoza
  • Ryan Samson
  • Francisco Santiago (GS)- Famous musician, former Director of the Conservatory of Music at UP
  • Pastor "Boy" Saycon - Civic leader
  • Ma. Lucia Santiago
  • Dr. Florentino Solon - Executive Director, Nutrition Center of the Philippines
  • Jose Maria Sison - Head of the Communist Party of the Philippines
  • Florentino Torres (Coll, Philo)

External links

References


National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) Season 82
Member schools: Letran Knights | St. Benilde Blazers | JRU Heavy Bombers | LSGH Greenies
Mapua Cardinals | PCU Dolphins | San Beda Red Lions | San Sebastian Stags | UPHSD Altas
NCAA South | List of seasons |

 

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