ANGELES CITY – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was the guest of honor and speaker during the opening of "The Life and Times of President Diosdado P. Macapagal: A Photo Exhibit" at the Angeles University Foundation here yesterday.
Angeles University Foundation (AUF) president Joseph Emmanuel Angeles, a lawyer, said AUF is honoring the late President Macapagal, or Apung Dadong, on the occasion of his 100th birth anniversary on Sept. 28.
“This event also coincides with the 48th founding anniversary of AUF,” he added.
Angeles said that other members of the Macapagal family, including former Pampanga Vice Gov. Cielo Macapagal-Salgado, her brothers Arturo and Diosdado Jr., also graced the event.
Through the exhibit, AUF aims to perpetuate the legacy of Apung Dadong as a statesman imbued with untainted integrity, extraordinary honesty and unquestionable commitment to duty.
The exhibit also marks the beginning of a series of AUF events commemorating Apung Dadong’s centenary.
Angeles said Apung Dadong is dear to AUF because he served as chairman of its Board of Trustees from December 4, 1988 until the time of his death on April 21, 1997.
After Apung Dadong's death, then Senator Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo assumed the chairmanship until her resignation when she was elected as vice president of the Philippines in 1998.
The people of Pampanga are proud of Apung Dadong’s incorruptible brand of leadership and will always remember him as the champion of the poor, Angeles said.
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