Notable members UP Sigma Rho Fraternity

1 notable members

1.1 bar topnotchers
1.2 judiciary
1.3 executive , local government units
1.4 senate
1.5 house of representatives
1.6 constitutional offices
1.7 academe
1.8 arts , literature
1.9 sports
1.10 other notable members

notable members
bar topnotchers

pedro l. yap ’39- 1st place, 1946
antonio g. ibarra ’40- 5th place, 1946
manuel g. montecillo ’39- 1st place, 1948
ramon o. reynoso ’47- 2nd place, 1950
isidro c. zarraga ’41- 6th place, 1951
andres c. regalado ’48- 6th place, 1952
alfredo m. marigomen ’48- 8th place, 1952
jose e. picazo ’52- 7th place, 1957
jose c. concepcion ’53- 2nd place, 1958
manuel g. abello ’54 ga*‘57- 1st place, 1958
romulo m. villa ’56- 5th place, 1959
manuel b. zamora, jr. ’55- 3rd place, 1961
hector a. martinez ’59- 2nd place, 1963
antonio a. picazo ’61- 6th place, 1963
fulgencio s. factoran, jr. ’63- 9th place, 1967
franklin m. drilon ’66- 3rd place, 1969
victor p. lazatin ’63- 3rd place, 1971
presbiterio j. velasco ‘66- 6th place, 1971
luis a. vera cruz, jr. ’70- 10th place, 1974
antonio t. carpio ’70 ga*’73- 6th place, 1975
vicente q. roxas ’71- 10th place, 1975
avelino j. cruz, jr. ’75- 7th place, 1977
cosme d. rosell ’75- 1st place, 1978
simeon v. marcelo’75- 5th place, 1979
greg v. cabantac ’90- 3rd place, 1994
raj c. palacios ’96- 5th place, 1998
rodolfo aquino ‘66- 10th place, 2011
cyril g. arnesto ’09- 10th place, 2013
mark leo p. bejemino 11- 4th place, 2014

judiciary

magno gatmaitan 38- charter adviser of founding members in 1938; former associate justice, court of appeals , college of law professor
pedro yap, 39- former chief justice, supreme court of philippines
marcelo fernan 48- former chief justice , senate president

chief justice marcelo fernan 48



serafin r. cuevas ’48- former associate justice, supreme court, defense lawyer of former cj corona in impeachment proceedings
efren plana ’48- former associate justice, supreme court

buenaventura j guerrero 52 associate justice,court of appeals

presbiterio velasco 66- associate justice, supreme court
antonio carpio 70’ga*’73- associate justice, supreme court
j. conrado castro ’81 ga*’84- former judicial , bar council (jbc) member
hakim abdulwahid ’66- court of appeals justice
romeo barza ’70- court of appeals justice
jhoseph lopez ’81-court of appeals justice, former manila chief prosecutor
cesar a. mangrobang, sr. ’69- former presiding judge of regional trial court, branch 22, cavite city

executive , local government units

rafael m. salas, 48- former executive secretary, office of president of philippines, deputy secretary general of united nations, , founder, un fund population activities (unfpa)
jose leido, jr.,’51- former minister of natural resources, assistant executive secretary , legislator
wilfrido villacorta- philippine s permanent representative asean, member of 1986 constitutional commission
arthur defensor 59- iloilo governor , former house representative majority floor leader
rene c.villa 75 - former secretary ,department of agrarian reform.
fulgencio factoran ’63- former secretary of environment , natural resources
avelino “nonong” cruz ’75- former secretary of national defense
eduardo de mesa ’80- former presidential legal counsel
ronald o. solis 81- former ntc commissioner
jose anselmo cadiz ’81- former solicitor-general
wenceslao trinidad ’51 ga*’55- former pasay city mayor
hilario davide iii 85- current cebu governor
aquil tamano 91- current commissioner, games , amusements board

senate

juan ponce enrile 52, former senate president, former secretary/minister of national defense congressman cagayan
edgardo angara, 52, former senate president, executive secretary, secretary of agriculture, , president, university of philippines
franklin drilon 66, current senate president executive secretary, secretary of justice, , secretary of labor, under president corazon aquino
jovito salonga, 39, former senate president (resigned)
sonny angara, 96, current senator, former representative of lone district of aurora

house of representatives

simeon datumanong 54- house representative , former secretary of justice
luis villafuerte 55- former house representative
simeon kintanar ’54- former house representative
macabangkit lanto ’63- former house representative, former doj underecretary
allen quimpo ’63- former house representative
victor sumulong 68- former house representative
oscar gozos 70 ga*’75- former house representative , lipa city mayor
rolex suplico 84- former house representative
ranjit shahani 89- former pangasinan vice-governor , house representative
ronald cosalan 73 ga* 82- house representative
jesulito jessie manalo 72- house representative, angkla party-list
raul daza 54- house representative
nelson collantes 70- house representative
arthur toto defensor jr. 87- house representative

constitutional offices

simeon marcelo, 75, ombudsman (2002-2005)

academe

domingo disini ’52- labor law expert, professor, college of law
bartolome carale 52- insurance law expert, professor, college of law
rogelio vinluan 57- evidence law expert, professor, college of law

arts , literature

stevan javellana ’39- author of “without seeing dawn”
rick rocamora 63- multi-awarded international photojournalist
josé aruego ‘50 (august 9, 1932-august 9, 2012) filipino children s book author , illustrator. born in manila , once worked lawyer. died in new york city, lived decades, on august 9, 2012.

sports

joe lipa ’63- former basketball coach of national team , coach of 1986 uaap championship team
cholo cayanga 87 - former player of men s football team, uaap champion 1987, team captain uaap champion 1990, philippine national team (14 , under - gothia cup - sweden , helsinki cup - finland), philippine national team co-captain (19 , under)
step permanes 08 - former member of men s football champion team season 70 , 72, former men s football team captain 2010 , uaap season 72 valuable player
allen jose serna 08 - former member of men s football champion team season 70,72 , 73, former member of philippine national football team (2009-2013) , uaap season 70 best defender
keith es mordeno 08 - former member of men s football champion team season 70,72 , 73

other notable members

romeo capulong 54- prominent human rights lawyer
macapanton abbas jr.’63 grand archon* 66- former secretary-general, bangsa moro liberation organization, sultan of ranao
firdausi abbas 66- sultan of lanao
fidel agcaoili 62- chairperson ndfp monitoring committee
rafael baylosis 67 - member, peace negotiation panel, ndf
reynaldo samaco 61 - rebolusyonaryong alyansang makabansa