Jose Abueva, former UP president, dies

Former University of the Philippines president Dr. Jose Abueva passed away on Wednesday. He was 93 years old.

According to his daughter Rossana, Abueva passed away peacefully at his home in Antipolo.

Abueva is a former Professor Emeritus of Political Science & Public Administration at UP where he served as the 16th UP president from 1987 to 1993.

He was the UP president who signed the since abolished UP-Department of National Defense accord that required prior notice from the military before soldiers could enter UP campuses.

He was also the former president and founder of Kalayaan College and director of its Institute for Federal-Parliamentary Democracy, and Institute for a Nonkilling Philippines. —NB, GMA News