ILIGAN CITY—The former president of the Mindanao State University (MSU), Dr. Ahmad Domocao Engracia Alonto Jr., died on Friday, Oct. 1, the university and his family announced. “The MSU administration, constituents, and community would like to express deepest condolences and sympathy to the family of former MSU President Ahmad Domocao “Jun” Alonto Jr., who has just returned to his Creator,” said a statement from MSU on Friday. ADVERTISEMENTIn a social media post, Trade Undersecretary Abdulgani Macatoman, his son-in-law, said that before he died on Friday morning, Alonto had been “frail” in the past weeks. He took the helm of MSU in 1986, right after the uprising that swept President Corazon Aquino into power. Alonto is the son of the late Sen. Ahmad Domocao A. Alonto Sr., an eminent Maranao politician who authored, among many others, the MSU charter.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 01, 2021 13:07 UTC