Annabelle P. Brown Centennial Professorial Chair (UP Diliman)

Annabelle Pizarro-Brown Centennial Professorial Chair (College of Business Administration, UP Diliman)

On 7 October 2008, the Annabelle Pizarro-Brown Centennial Professorial Chair was launched in an affair held at the Executive House, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Q.C. The occasion was graced by the presence of U.P. President Emerlinda

Román and U.P. Diliman Chancellor Sergio Cao. The event was organized by College of Business Administration Dean Dr. Erlinda Echanis, who combined the launch of the new Chair with the presentation of the upgrading of (additional endowment for) the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Professorial Chairs and the Philippines Stock Exchange (PSE) Professorial Chairs.

BSP Governor Amando Tetangco gave the response for the BSP Chairs. In his response for the presentation of the Annabelle Pizarro-Brown Centennial Professorial Chair, Mr. Walter Brown said, among other things, that he thought the funding of the Chair in behalf of his wife was a bright idea for the following reasons: (1) that it was a perfect tribute to a wife while she is still living [the naming of streets or buildings after a specific person can happen only when that person is already deceased]; (2) it’s a great way to “pay back” to the University that has nurtured us and trained us for leadership positions in society; (3) it has the direct benefit of funding the research of the U.P. Faculty members [to whom the Chair will be assigned].

*My ulterior motive for writing out this blog is that I’m personally hoping that the Annabelle Pizarro-Brown Centennial Professorial Chair could be assigned to me, for my research in the area of Business Ethics :-) Please help me pray for this intention. [I was so lucky to have been asked by Dean Echanis to emcee that event!]

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What are “Professorial Chairs”?

http://www.upd.edu.ph/~cba/admin_BRF.htm

http://fupfa.com/professorial-chairs-and-faculty-grants/

Professorial chairs and faculty grants help advance education and research by providing supplemental resources to faculty members in their teaching and research endeavors. A chair may be established with an endowment fund to be managed by a given Foundation (in the case of the Brown Chair, the endowment is lodged with the UP Foundation). The income from the fund shall provide financial support to a deserving faculty member of the University. Professorial Chairs may be named in honor of illustrious alumni or prominent representatives of private business and public management sectors. The chairs may also carry the name of the company sponsor.

Are you an illustrious alumnus/-a of the U.P.? Would you like to make a donation toward the endowment of a given Professorial Chair?

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