My AB classmate, Ed Ruiz, who teaches English at the Ateneo, also emailed about mild-mannered, refined Jesse Dinglasan— San Beda Hi valedictorian in 1955, when I enrolled in San Beda being in a bad way. For Marc, Bong, Bal and Jesse, prayers. Vit topped his 1971 law class at San Beda and was a formidable member of our team that defended Hubert Webb. There, my fellow San Beda law teacher Desi Jurado exemplified the courage and gallantry that made Churchill describe the Pinoy soldier as the finest warrior in the world. Per Chief Justice Roberto Concepcion, my political law prof in senior law, the foolish questions are at times the hardest to answer.

Source: Manila Times June 15, 2017 16:07 UTC