Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines)
| Alpha Phi Omega | |
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| ΑΦΩ | |
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| Founded | March 2, 1950 Far Eastern University, Manila |
| Type | Service |
| Chapters |  Philippines 250 |
| Headquarters | Philippines |
| Website | http://www.apo.org.ph/ |
The founding of Alpha Phi Omega in the Philippines in 1950 was preceded by an APO service project conducted just after World War II. Manila, the capital of the former Commonwealth of the Philippines, had been devastated during the war. Many universities, utilised for military purposes, were in ruins. Knowing that the education of young people was a vital necessity for the country to get back on its feet, a number of Alpha Phi Omega members in Texas and the Pacific Northwest, having served as soldiers in the Philippines, organised book drives on their campuses. The successful project gathered hundreds of textbooks, used but usable, from libraries and students and sent to the Philippines to help re-stock the many burnt-out college libraries in Manila.
A few years later, in January 1950, Sol George Levy (Gamma Alpha chapter @ University of Washington 1947), a professional Scouter, an Alpha Phi Omega brother at the University of Washington in Seattle, and a friend of APO National President Dr. H. Roe "The Chief" Bartle who served as president of Alpha Phi Omega from 1931 to 1946, went to the Philippines to generate interest among Scouts there. One evening, Levy spoke to a group of people about APO, Scouting's national service fraternity in the U.S., and its service project which donated books to Philippine schools. He also distributed copies of three APO publications: Questions and Answers, National Constitution and By-laws, and Ritual, Rites and Ceremonies. In the audience was Librado Inocencio Ureta, then taking his MA in education at the Far Eastern University in Manila.
Ureta and a group of former Scouts founded Alpha Phi Omega in the Philippines on March 2, 1950, at Room 214, Nicanor Reyes Hall, Far Eastern University, Manila.
Alpha Phi Omega grew rapidly in the Philippines. In its third year, it became a national organization with seven chapters chartered in Manila and Visayan campuses. It was registered October 21, 1953, with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a non-stock, non-profit, non-dividend corporation with a registered name of Alpha Phi Omega International Collegiate Service Fraternity. The registration was renewed on June 8, 1981, with the SEC Registration No. 0099381 under the name of Alpha Phi Omega International Philippines Incorporated.[1]
Notable members in the Philippines
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Presidents
- Librado I. Ureta, 1951-1953
- Ignacio J. Sevilla, Sr., 1953-1968
- Librado I. Ureta, 1968-1977
- Amancio Donato 1977
- Melchizedek Y. Maquiso, 1977-1981
- Francisco P. Brosas, Jr., 1981-1983
- Mama S. Lalanto, 1983-1985
- Geoffrey A. Pungutan, Al-Haj, 1985-1986
- Oscar V. Lazo Jr., 1986-1987
- Carlos M.E. Caliwara, 1987-1989
- Jose Antonio L. Dimaano, 1989-1991
- Rolando B. Baluyot, 1991-1993
- Felix J. Marinas, Jr., 1993-1995
- Ismail Michael A. Abantas, 1995–96
- Agaton C. Labrador, Jr., 1996–97
- Mariano R. Alquiza, 1997-1999
- Teddie Elson E. Rivera, 1999-2001
- Blo Umpar Adiong, 2001-2003
- Rodrigo V Mapoy, 2003-2005
- Jimmy U. De Castro 2005-2007
- Magleo Mel V. Adriano 2007-2011
- Jimmy U. De Castro 2011-2013
- Mamintal Taha 2013-2015
- Luis A. Paredes 2015-2017
- Roel Daboy E. Fernandez 2017–Present
See also
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