As we celebrate the Christmas season, a season of giving, Xavier Ateneo gratefully receives an endowment fund from Xavier University High School Batch 1972.

Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan receives the endowment from XUHS Batch 1972

On December 2, 2022, a Memorandum of Agreement was formally signed between the school, headed by University President Fr Mars P Tan, SJ, and XUHS Batch 1972, headed by Mr Edward Binanay. Many representatives of the batch joined the simple but meaningful program, and shared some stories of their time as students in Xavier University, and the successful and fulfilling lives they’ve led after their graduation. Some of them also shared how grateful they were for receiving scholarships that helped them receive quality education.

Members of XUHS Batch 1972. The batch has produced some of the brightest professionals.

Batch 1972 has proven to be a very successful batch. They have gone on to become doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs, professors, politicians among others. But as Mr Binanay put it, they owe their success to their alma mater, Xavier University. In their time as high school boys, they learned Ignatian values and formed lasting bonds and took on the world as young men embodying their Jesuit education.

XUHS Batch 1972 attends a Mass presided by University President Fr Mars P Tan, SJ.

They have decided to give back to Xavier University by starting an endowment program.  With an initial goal of raising Php 1 million, the batch was able to give Php 1.6 million. They now have a new milestone of raising Php 2 million and guaranteeing two scholars to be funded for life and in perpetuity. Batch 1972 is proud to have this program as their legacy.

XUHS Batch 1972 worked tirelessly to make this endowment program a reality, together with the University Treasurer’s Office, headed by Engr Lennie Ong, and the Admissions and Aid Office, headed by OIC Director Mr Tyron Sabal.

Dr Pamela Pajente (XUJHS Principal), Fr Mars P Tan (University President), Mr Edward Binanay (XUHS Batch 1972), and Mr Nicanor Peralta (XUHS Batch 1972, represented here by Mr Efren Barlisan) were the signatories of the Memorandum of Agreement.

The university is filled with pride and gratitude to see its alumni embodying the values of its ideal graduate, and paying it forward to the next generation of men and women for others.