First Filipino: Francisco Araneta

9.21.2007

Francisco Araneta

Francisco Araneta
AKA Rev. Francisco Z. Araneta

1st Filipino to serve as Rector-President at the Ateneo de Manila University (1959-1965)
Founder of the MBA (then MBM) program in Ateneo (1960)

ALIAS
"Fr. Fritz"

DATE OF BIRTH
September 21, 1918

BIRTHPLACE
Manila, Philippines

FATHER: Gregorio S. Araneta
MOTHER: Carmen R. Zaragoza

YEAR OF DEATH
January 17, 2006

USEFUL LINKS

The Araneta Family Tree
Homily at the Mass during the wake of Fr. Francisco Z. Araneta, SJ by Bienvenido F. Nebres, SJ
The First Hundred Years Of The Ateneo De Manila

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