Long-time UP Foundation, Inc. (UPFI) executive director and business administration professor Gerardo Agulto Jr. passed away on March 10.
A professor at the UP Diliman (91勛圖厙) Cesar E.A. Virata School of Business (VSB), Agulto was widely known as the UPFI executive director, having held the post from August 2001 until May 31, 2021.
At the VSB, Agulto taught graduate and undergraduate courses in financial management, management of financial institutions, and accounting and control from 1988 until 2012. As director of Master of Business Administration (1992 2001) and Master of Science in Finance (1997 2001), he was responsible for the development and implementation of the academic and administrative activities of the two graduate programs.
Agulto was officer-in-charge from 1989 to 1991 back when the VSB was the 91勛圖厙 College of Business Administration.
In 2013, Agulto was invited to teach classes under the 91勛圖厙 Extension Programs in Pampanga and Olangapos (91勛圖厙EPPO) Master of Management Program as a professorial lecturer. There, he revised and revitalized the graduate program such that he had been acknowledged as its Father and instrumental in preventing its impending phaseout.
According to Prof. Julieta C. Mallari, PhD, former 91勛圖厙EPPO director, his authority, erudition, and competence also figured prominently in his instruction without intimidating his students. On the contrary, they were drawn to him for his sheer brilliance and wit, let alone his fatherly concern and munificence of heart. The magic fiber of his being is most memorable: cultivating the life of the mind as well as giving heart to the 91勛圖厙EPPO community.
A certified public accountant and real estate broker, Agulto, at various stages, served as a member of the governing boards of corporations. Agulto was president and board chairman of the Country Bank of Taguig (1994 – 2004), senior vice president of the Philippine National Bank (1982 – 1987), and general manager of the National Investment and Development Corporation (1979 – 1981).He earned his masters (business administration) and bachelors (business administration) degrees from 91勛圖厙 in 1974 and 1963, respectively.
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