DO YOU know that Pampanga High School was founded in 1908? The original building was located at the opposite of the Catholic Church of San Fernando. It might interest you to know that the building still exist, known today as the Pampanga Hotel.
It was in the year 1912 that the school held its first graduation. From then on up to the present, the school has produced graduates who have excelled in their respective professions. For posterity sake, we share you the valedictorians and salutatorians from 1912 to 1962 and they are as follows:
Year Valedictorian Salutatorian
1912 Wenceslao Vitug Macaria Roque
1913 Santiago Montemayor Cecilio Franco
1914 Justo Arrastia
1915 Manuel Carreon Mariquita Panlilio
1916 Catalina Abad Santos
1917 Juan Cuyugan Santos Ireneo Santos
1918 Santiago Dizon Agripino Esguerra
1919 Alfredo Baens Zoilo Castrillo
1920 Paz Teopaco & Viginia Lumanlan
1921 Marciano Angeles Ireneo Crisanto
1922 Filemon Zablan Rafael Teopaco
1923 Jose Silva Alfredo Castro
1924 Vicente Pineda Conrado Buenviaje
1925 Olivia Garcia Jose Tiongco
1926 Gloria E. Nazareno Ernesto Sibal
1927 Segundo Jao Rosa Naguit
1928 Felicidad A. Santos
1929 Hermenegildo Tayag Igmidio Galang
1930 Andres del Rosario Angelina Santos
1931 Tomas Waje Eulalia Espiritu
1932 Juan Cancio Rosario Espiritu
1933 Renato Tayag Rosalina Catap
1934 Abel de Ocera (Gen.) Angelina Sison (Gen.) Nonelon Reyes (H.E.) Juana Perez (H.E.)
1935 Domingo Salita Leonidas Liangco
1936 Anastacio Diaz Virgilio Hipolito
1937 Felipa Carillo Gerardo Tiosejo
1938 Ernesto Pantig Gerardo Quicho
1939 Federico Cruz La Verne Mercado
1940 Jesus Dimson Miguel Dizon
1941 Arturo Macapinlac Benjamin Manaloto
1942
1943 CLOSED (World War II)
1944
1945 Alvaro Punla Wilfredo Castro
1946 Narciso Karganilla Alfredo Ocampo
1947 Pablo Inventor Pedro Muñoz
1948 Victor Tantengco Manuel Macapinlac
1949 Edilberto Gamboa Juanita Baiza
1950 Crispulo Icban Jr. Felisa Resurrecion
1951 Gertrudes Malonzo Feliciano Ferrer
1952 Helen Bundalian Ruben Lacandola
1953 Agapito Espinoza Nympha Galang
1954 Dalmacio Inventor Cicero Punsalan
1955 Rogelio Garcia Fernando Rivera
1956 Reynaldo de Jesus Benjamin Rivera
1957 Dominador David Maria Elena Gamboa
1958 Teresito Ocampo Efren Miranda
1959 Velia Capati Mario Dizon
1960 Adrian Lorenzo Epitacio Simbulan
1961 Victor Ocampo (Gen.) Erlinda Twano (Gen.)
Bambino Cruz (Voc.) Ernesto Estravillo (Voc.)
1962 Victoriano David (Gen.) Leodegario Yap (Gen.)
Segundino Carreon (Voc.) Leodegario Pineda (Voc.)
It is sad to note that 1954 Salutatorian Atty. Cicero J. Punsalan passed away last week. We lost an honest lawyer.