Rolando Ramos Dizon (October 31, 1944 – April 25, 2012) is a
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De La Salle Brother
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who was the President of
De La Salle University
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and the
De La Salle University System
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from 1998 to 2003, Chairman of the
Commission on Higher Education 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
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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
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. He was assigned in
Bethlehem University
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History
Established under Israeli ...
, a De La Salle school in
Palestine
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from August 2008 to June 2009.
Br. Roly Assigned to Bethlehem UniversityDe La Salle Alumni Association of Northern California
Accessed December 31, 2007 Bro. Rolly was assigned to De La Salle University Manila until his death.
Life
Dizon was born in Bacolod
Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; hil, Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Bacolod; fil, Lungsod ng Bacolod), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Western Visayas, Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Negros Occidenta ...
, Negros Occidental, Philippines on October 31, 1944, to Raymundo L. Dizon of Porac, Pampanga
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and Hermelinda V. Ramos of Negros Occidental
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. Dizon was the fifth of six children. When La Salle College
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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
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, 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
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in 1965 where he finished his Bachelor of Arts, Major in Mathematics in 1968.
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Dizon's first assignment after returning to the Philippines was in 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, Negros Occidental. He then studied his first two years of college at De La Salle College in Manila. He continued his undergraduate studies
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at The Catholic University of America
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U.S.A., graduating with a 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
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and took up his Doctorate degree
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in International Development Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education
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.
Awards
In 2006, Dizon was given the Distinguished Lasallian Award by the De La Salle Alumni Association in De La Salle University-Manila. Also in March 2007, he was inducted in the De La Salle Sports Hall of Fame.
See also
* List of people from De La Salle University-Manila
References
External links
Philippine Lasallian Family
De La Salle Alumni Association
De La Salle Philippines
De La Salle University Manila
University of Saint La Salle - Bacolod
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1944 births
2012 deaths
People from Bacolod
De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines
De La Salle University alumni
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Chairpersons of the Commission on Higher Education of the Philippines
Araneta family
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Catholic University of America alumni
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Arroyo administration cabinet members
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Visayan people