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Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Talk back: University of Cebu
By Roberto Wagas
Alkobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
This is a delayed reaction to the story, “Claims on UC rejected by court” (Sun.Star Cebu, June 1, 2006).
Please allow me to enlighten the public on the University of Cebu (UC).
As far as I know, the forerunner of the university was the Cebu School of Business and Accountancy established in the 1950s by the late Col. Jose C. Moran, former manager of the Rehabilitation Corp., Cebu Branch. The school was located near Colon bridge but was later transferred to the White Gold building along Osmeña Blvd.
Before the White Gold building was burned, the Cebu School of Business and Accountancy became the Cebu City College and transferred to the Quirino Rodriguez Building at the corner of Colon St. and Osmeña Blvd.
Rehabilitation Corp., Cebu Branch was then renting the second floor of Gotiaco Building in front of the new City Hall. The building’s administrator was Joseph Gotianuy, elder brother of Augusto Go.
Moran established rapport with Gotianuy, who later became his partner in the operation of Cebu City College.
Moran convinced Gotianuy to secure a loan with RFC for the construction of a two-story L-shaped building to house the school. Collateral of the loan was the lot along Osmeña Blvd., which was the site of the original Cebu City College.
After the building was completed, the college transferred to the new location and vacated the second floor of Quirino Rodriguez
Building. The first dean of its College of Commerce was the late Jose S. Gaburin, accountant of Royal Lines, Inc. owned by the Gotianuys.
On June 14, 1958, Rehabilitation Corp. was changed to Development Bank of the Philippines and Moran was promoted manager of the branches and agencies department in Makati.
Guadalupe A. Moran, Jose’s wife, with the assistance of Angeles Rodriguez, Lydia Perez and Fortunata Nacorda, mother of Emmanuel Mongaya, managing editor of Sun.Star Superbalita, then operated the college.
Moran relinquished the operation and supervision of the college to Joseph Gotianuy in 1964.
The last graduation rites of the college was on April 18, 1964, proof of which were the diplomas signed by Moran, as president and the late CPA-lawyer Aureliano C. Dosdos, as registrar.
In 1965, Gotianuy and Go took over the operation of the college, whose name they later changed to Cebu Central Colleges. Its first registrar was Buenaventura Canoy.
I hope that I have partially informed the public on the metamorphosis of the University of Cebu.
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