Rolando Ramos Dizon
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De La Salle Brother
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who was the President of De La Salle University-Manila
De La Salle University-Manila
De La Salle University is a private Lasallian university in Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1911 by De La Salle Brothers as the De La Salle College in Paco, Manila with Blimond Pierre serving as its first director...
and the De La Salle University System from 1998–2003, Chairman of the Commission on Higher Education
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from March 2003 to September 2004, Director-at-Large of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines from 1998 to 2003, and Acting Brother Visitor of the De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines
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from 1976 to 1977 as well as a member of President
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Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
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's Consultative Commission on Charter Change from September to October 2005.
He was an Associate Professorial Lecturer of the Educational Leadership and Management Department of the De La Salle University-Manila College of Education
De La Salle University-Manila College of Education
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. He was assigned in Bethlehem University
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, a De La Salle school in Palestine
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from August 2008 to June 2009. Bro. Rolly is presently assigned in De La Salle University Manila.
Life
Dizon was born in Bacolod CityBacolod City
The City of Bacolod , is a highly urbanized midsize Philippine city. It is the capital of the Negros Occidental province. Having a total of 499,497 inhabitants as of August 1, 2007, it is the most populous city in the Western Visayas Region. It is currently ranked as the 17th most populous city in...
, Negros Occidental, Philippines on October 31, 1944 to Raymundo L. Dizon of Porac, Pampanga
Porac, Pampanga
Porac is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 102,962 people in 15,686 households.Porac is the largest town in Pampanga...
and Hermelinda V. Ramos of Negros Occidental
Negros Occidental
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. Dizon was the fifth of six children. When La Salle College
University of St. La Salle
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opened in Bacolod in 1952, Rolando was enrolled as a Grade Three student. He finished grade school in 1957 as Valedictorian of his class, and high school in 1961 as Valedictorian and Student Council President.
Encouraged by Br. Francis Cody and inspired by Br. Andrew Gonzalez
Andrew Gonzalez
Brother Andrew Benjamin Gonzalez FSC PhD was a linguist, writer, educator, and a De La Salle Brother. He served as president of De La Salle University from 1979 to 1991 and from 1994 to 1998. From 1998 to 2001 he served as Secretary of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports under the...
, his former high school teacher in Bacolod, Dizon entered the La Salle Brothers' Postulancy right after high school. He made his first vows on October 11, 1962 and began his undergraduate studies at De La Salle College in Manila. After two years of studying, he was sent by the De La Salle Brothers to The Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America
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in 1965 where he finished his Bachelor of Arts, Major in Mathematics in 1968.
Dizon's first assignment after returning to the Philippines was in La Salle Green Hills
La Salle Green Hills
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, where he taught math and religion in the High School department for a year before being appointed Grade School Principal in 1969, High School Principal in 1971 and Acting President in 1973.
Educational background
Dizon finished his primary and secondary education at the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. He then studied his first two years of college at De La Salle College in Manila. He continued his undergraduate studiesUndergraduate degree
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at The Catholic University of America
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U.S.A., graduating with a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
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degree in Mathematics
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. He then took up his Master of Arts degree
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in Education Administration at De La Salle University Manila and took up his Doctorate degree
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in International Development Education at the Stanford University School of Education
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