Francisco T. Dalupan, Sr.

Dr. Francisco Tarnate Dalupan, Sr. is the founder and first Chairman of the Board and the President of the University of the East (UE). He is the father of the legendary Filipino basketball coach Virgilio "Baby" Dalupan. Dalupan graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University. Before founding UE, he co-founded the Far Eastern University, which was then headed by Nicanor Reyes, Sr., then serving as a professor at the University of the Philippines Department of Economics. Together with his colleagues, Dalupan established the Philippine College of Commerce and Business Administration (PCCBA) at R. Papa Street, Sampaloc, Manila in 1946. The PCCBA admitted 350 students in the summer of 1947. The following year, more students enrolled and so...