18 October 2005
Samson scion assumes as new UL president
OFFICIALS of the Commission on Higher Education and members of the academic community in the northern Luzon met in Dagupan City Monday for the investiture rites of the president and chancellor of one of the oldest educational institutions of higher learning in Pangasinan and the Ilocos region.
Installed as only the second president of the University of Luzon was Dr. Mac Arthur Samson, Sr., who took over from his father, Dr. Luis Samson, Sr., who was also installed in parallel ceremonies as the first university chancellor.
Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr., guest of honor and speaker during the investiture rites, said: “I am proud of the University of Luzon as I am proud of all the other universities in Pangasinan, Dagupan City and San Carlos. Dagupan City has become a city of great universities, (recalling) the days of ancient Athens.”
Atty. Liberato Reyna, Jr, chairman of the Board of Trustees of UL, presented and read the younger Samson’s appointment as new president of the university which was founded on the name Luzon Colleges of Business and Arts (LCBA). It was later renamed Luzon Colleges.
The school was founded in 1947 by Dr. Luis Samson Sr. and Atty. Liberato Reyna, Sr., a former three-time mayor of Dagupan City.
The new UL president took his oath of office before Atty. Julito Vitriolo, CHED Deputy Executive Director IV while Archbishop Oscar Cruz of the Lingayen-Dagupan archdiocese did the honor of blessing him and the new chancellor.
In his acceptance speech, Samson outlined his plans to transform UL, now 58 years old, towards being a 21st century university or a new millennium university.
An engineer by profession, Samson worked for sometime in the United States till he returned to assume a responsible position in their family-owned school. He is a holder of a doctorate degree in humanities, honoris causa, from the Lyceum Northwestern University in March 2003.
Installed as only the second president of the University of Luzon was Dr. Mac Arthur Samson, Sr., who took over from his father, Dr. Luis Samson, Sr., who was also installed in parallel ceremonies as the first university chancellor.
Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr., guest of honor and speaker during the investiture rites, said: “I am proud of the University of Luzon as I am proud of all the other universities in Pangasinan, Dagupan City and San Carlos. Dagupan City has become a city of great universities, (recalling) the days of ancient Athens.”
Atty. Liberato Reyna, Jr, chairman of the Board of Trustees of UL, presented and read the younger Samson’s appointment as new president of the university which was founded on the name Luzon Colleges of Business and Arts (LCBA). It was later renamed Luzon Colleges.
The school was founded in 1947 by Dr. Luis Samson Sr. and Atty. Liberato Reyna, Sr., a former three-time mayor of Dagupan City.
The new UL president took his oath of office before Atty. Julito Vitriolo, CHED Deputy Executive Director IV while Archbishop Oscar Cruz of the Lingayen-Dagupan archdiocese did the honor of blessing him and the new chancellor.
In his acceptance speech, Samson outlined his plans to transform UL, now 58 years old, towards being a 21st century university or a new millennium university.
An engineer by profession, Samson worked for sometime in the United States till he returned to assume a responsible position in their family-owned school. He is a holder of a doctorate degree in humanities, honoris causa, from the Lyceum Northwestern University in March 2003.
