UST PAID tribute to exceptional graduates at The Outstanding Thomasian Alumni (Total) Awards on May 14, with UST Rector Fr. Richard Ang, O.P. calling the awardees “luminaries” and “living treasures” of the University.
“They are indeed living treasures of the University and living examples of what the University stands for—Veritas in Caritate (Truth in Charity),” Ang said in his speech. “They attract goodness and inspire greatness among our younger breed of students and alumni.”
“Their arduous journey to excellence is a beautiful story all Thomasians can emulate,” he added.
The 10 Total awardees for this year were the following:
- Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula (Service to Church)
- Crispin Maslog, PhD (Media and Entertainment)
- Department of Trade and Industry Sec. Ramon Lopez (Management)
- Prof. Maria Minerva Calimag, MD, Ph.D. (Medicine)
- Saturnino Javier, MD (Health Allied)
- Edgar Lerma, MD (Science and Technology)
- Wilcon Depot Founder William Belo (Business)
- Jeffrey Tarayao (Service to Humanity)
- Nemesio Miranda, Jr. (Music, Arts, Literature, and Design)
- Civil Law Dean Nilo Divina (Law and Justice)
The Total Award is the highest honor bestowed by the University and the UST Alumni Association, Inc. upon alumni in recognition of their “significant and exemplary contribution to the society and the Church.”
During the awarding ceremony, the University also conferred the Thomasian Family Award to a family whose members are all UST alumni and all exemplify UST’s core values in their fields of expertise.
The special award was given to the Calimag family, a family of Thomasian doctors. Christine Joyce A. Paras
