De La Salle University () (DLSU) is a Catholic 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. DLSU traces its founding to Manila Archbishop Jeremiah James Harty. He believed that the establishment of a La Salle school in Manila was instrumental in preempting the spread of Protestantism in the Philippines through the arrival of the Thomasites and Protestant missions. His request would later be endorsed in 1907 by Pope Pius X. An envoy of De La Salle Brothers arrived in 1910.

More than a century ago, the De La Salle College (DLSC) was established as an exclusive all boys' elementary and high school. The pre-war grade school and high school departments of DLSC were finally dissolved in 1968 and 1978, respectively. DLSU currently offers coeducational undergraduate and graduate degree programs through its seven colleges and one school specializing in varied disciplines, including business, engineering, computer sciences, education and liberal arts. DLSU, granted university status in February 1975, is the oldest constituent of De La Salle Philippines (DLSP), a network of 16 Lasallian institutions established in 2006 to replace the De La Salle University System.

The Lasallians affiliated with De La Salle University include over 100,000 alumni, 888 faculty, honorary degree recipients and university administrators. Among them are National Artists of the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay Awardees, officials of the Catholic Church and the government of the Philippines

Alumni and faculty

Alumni

Fields with a – are unknown; NA – not applicable Name Relationship Discipline Known for Notes History and political science Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines 2004–2007, mayor of Mandaluyong (1998 –2004, 2007–2016) Psychology (AB-PSM) cum laude Actress TV host, songwriter, actor Philippine Basketball Association player Business administration and history Department of the Interior and Local Government secretary 1992–1996 Business and economics Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines Management Mayor of General Santos Philippine Basketball Association player Marketing management Actor, TV host Communication arts Sportscaster Entrepreneurship Actor, politician - UAAP Season 79 Women's Volleyball Most Valuable Player, middle blocker for the Philippines women's national volleyball team Business administration Ambassador of the Philippines to Spain History Department of Agrarian Reform secretary 2001–2003 Commerce Central Bank of the Philippines governor 1999–2005 Philippine Basketball Association player Mathematics Department of Finance secretary 2001–2003 Philippine Basketball Association player Secondary NA Chairman of San Miguel Corporation Secondary NA Department of Public Works, Transportation and Communications secretary 1971–1975 Philippine Basketball Association player Graduate Literature Vice president for academic affairs of University of St. La Salle History and political science Former Department of Justice secretary, incumbent senator Secondary NA Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines 1992–1998 and 2005–2008 Development studies ABS-CBN Star Magic celebrity Arts Taekwondo practitioner, incumbent member, House of Representatives Accountancy (now Business Administration) Actress, beauty queen, brand endorser, singer and model Commerce Senator of the Philippines 1963–1969 and 1968–1972 Political science Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines Commerce GMA VP radio and TV journalist Psychology Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines Computer science Web designer Graduate Philippine Basketball Association player Secondary NA Film director Philosophy Member of the House of Representatives Accountancy and economics Governor of Bataan 1992–1994 Graduate Business administration Chairman of JG Summit Holdings Mechanical engineering Chess grandmaster Commerce Actor East Asian studies and economics Sports analyst European studies Actress Business Sports official Communication arts Spokesperson of President of the Philippines Benigno Aquino III Secondary NA Vice president of the Philippines 1986–1992 Marketing Management GMA Network actor, model Lim Eng Beng Philippine Basketball Association player Philippine Basketball Association player Taekwondo practitioner Secondary NA National Artist of the Philippines for architecture Secondary NA Former member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, incumbent Secretary of Foreign Affairs Communication arts Actress Secondary NA Former senator of the Philippines Secondary NA Philippine Basketball Association coach Elementary NA Actor, TV host Industrial engineering Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines Education and psychology Singer Marketing Management ABS-CBN diva, singer Bowler International studies Talk show host U International studies Ballerina Secondary NA Senator of the Philippines Accountancy National Economic and Development Authority director-general Graduate Counselling Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur Accounting Senator of the Philippines Commerce Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines 1998–2007 Political science Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines Business Administration Senator of the Philippines Elementary NA 2010 Philippine Senate election candidate Literature Film director Commerce Actress Communication Arts Television and film director Marketing Management GMA Network actor, model Bachelor of early childhood education, major in guidance counseling and child psychology Philippine Basketball Association player Industrial management and mechanical engineering Department of the Interior and Local Government secretary Bachelor of Arts in Philippine Studies, major in Filipinos in Mass Media Actress Accountancy Department of Foreign Affairs secretary 2004–2011 Computer science Incumbent mayor of Malabon, vice mayor of Malabon 2013–2019 Communication Arts Songwriter, actor, comedian Graduate Counselling Auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore Philippine Basketball Association player Graduate Public and business management Department of Public Works and Highways secretary Graduate Commerce, major in Accounting Banker, Bankers Association of the Philippines president Business management Philippine Basketball Association player Philippine Basketball Association player Commerce Secretary of Department of National Defense since 2023 and previously 2007–2010; former member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Tarlac Graduate Fine arts Literary writer Electronics and communications engineering Senator of the Philippines Commerce Actor Philippine Basketball Association coach Dancer, songwriter, TV host Political science Governor of Camarines Sur Arts World War II USAFFE ace fighter pilot Psychology Actress, TV host, and VJ Business administration Supreme Court of the Philippines justice Commerce and humanities Founder of University of Asia and the Pacific Philippine Basketball League player Psychology Newscaster Philippine Basketball Association player Business management Actor Philippine Basketball Association player Psychology Mayor, San Juan, Metro Manila Secondary NA Executive secretary to President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada Management Governor of Bukidnon

Faculty

Name Relationship Discipline Known for Notes Former professor Literature Musician Professor Literature Literary writer Professor Biology Biologist Professor Literature Literary writer Professor History Historian, academic, and television personality Professor emeritus Literature Literary writer Professor Psychiatry TV show counsellor School of Law founding dean and professor Law Human rights lawyer Professor Literature Poet Former lecturer Broadcast journalism BBC newscaster Professor Literature National Artist of the Philippines for Literature Professor History National Historical Commission of the Philippines chairman Former lecturer Business administration Senator of the Philippines 1987–1992 Professor Literature Named Poet of the Year by the Commission on the Filipino Language Professor Political Science Dean of the College of Liberal Arts

Honorary degree recipients

DA – Doctor of Arts; DBM – Doctor of Business Management; EdD – Doctor of Education; LHD – Doctor of Humane Letters; DHum – Doctor of Humanities; LLD – Doctor of Laws; LittD – Doctor of Letters; DMgt – Doctor of Management; DNatSc – Doctor of Natural Science; PedD – Doctor of Pedagogy; PhD – Doctor of Philosophy; ScD – Doctor of Science Name Degree Year Known for Notes DMgt 1993 Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia 1962–1980 Doctor of Educational Management 1989 Senator of the Philippines PhD 1997 President of Vatican Bank 1989–2009 LLD 2001 Chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines 1998–2005 PhD 1996 Department of Finance secretary 1992–1998 DHum 2010 Superior general of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools DMgt 1991 Only person to become both president of the Senate of the Philippines and chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines ScD 2008 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate PedD 1964 Women's rights advocate DMgt 1986 Archbishop of Cologne 1969–1987 LHD 1997 Leader of Sōka Gakkai EdD 1967 First minister of education of Malaysia PhD 1995 1980 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Literature DMgt 1991 Prime minister of Japan 1989–1991 PhD 2003 Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan from 2003 to 2008 LLD and LittD 1957 President of the Philippines 1953–1957 DHum 2007 1999 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate LHD 1987 First female Supreme Court of the Philippines justice ScD 2004 President of Ateneo de Manila University 1993–2011 LHD 1985 Developer of the functional equivalence method of Bible translation DHum 2009 President of East Timor ScD 1964 President of the UN General Assembly in 1940 and 1950 DHum 1966 Archbishop of Cebu 1949–1982 DA 1990 Literary writer Doctor of Ecclesiastical Finance 1958 First Filipino cardinal LHD 1975 Archbishop of Manila 1974–2003 DBM 1986 Chairman of Bangkok Bank Su Nan-cheng DMgt 1989 1983 Ramon Magsaysay awardee for Government Service ScD 1999 Owner of SM Investments Corporation PhD 1977 1992 Ramon Magsaysay awardee for International Understanding Doctor of Financial Management 1990 President emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State EdD 1968 Senator of the Philippines 1948–1971 DHum 2001 President of Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue DNatSc 1981 Inventor of the hydrogen bomb DHum 2001 National Artist of the Philippines for Literature ScD 2010 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate DHum 2008 President of the World Bank 1999–2005 DHum 2008 Youngest person to be appointed as chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Yong Pung How PhD 2003 Chief justice of Singapore 1990–2006 PhD 1982 Former Philippine representative to the United Nations DBM 1983 Former chief executive officer of Ayala Corporation DBM 1985 Fourth richest person in the Philippines as of 2010

Presidents

De La Salle University has had 21 presidents, including two acting presidents. The first, Antony Ferdinand Kilbourn, acted in Lucian Athanasius Reinhart's capacity during his return to the United States while the second, another American Brother named Andelino Manuel, completed Reinhart's term of office after he died in 1950.

+ Presidents # Name Term 1 1911–1912 2 1912–1915 3 1915–1919 4 1919–1923 3 1923–1927 5 1927–1930 6 1930–1933 7 1933–1936 8 1936 9 1937–1945 10 1945–1950 13 1950–1959 14 1959–1961 15 1961–1966 13 1966–1978 16 1978–1991 17 1991–1994 16 1994–1998 18 1998–2003 19 2003–2004 20 2004–2011 21 2011–2012 22 2012–201523Raymundo Suplido2015-present

References

External links De La Salle Alumni Association De La Salle University