A Jesuit priest officiates at the mass, a Betan choir sings the hymns. After the mass, the priest

went over to the Betan choir to tell them he was thoroughly impressed by the fine singing

STILLS FROM THE VIDEO DOCUMENTARY

Click here for the stills

(but you have to view the video to understand how the stills were woven into a story)

Special thanks to:

 Brod Alfonso Calonzo Daco, BE '62

for funding the video composition, editing and production

by the AGHAM Foundation Video Group

based on a video/audio script written by us.

Ernesto G. Tabujara, CE '52

Beta Epsilon '48

Former UP Chancellor

Filemon T. Berba, Jr., EE '59

Beta Epsilon '55

former President, Manila Water Company

Leopoldo V. Abis, ME '53

Beta Epsilon '52

former UPCOE Dean, President ERDFI

Estrella F. Alabastro, ChE '61

Current DOST Secretary

Cesar B. Bautista, ChE '57

Member, Tau Alpha

Former DTI Secretary

Genaro T. Marzan, GE '51

Member, Tau Alpha

Former GE Dept Chair, Dean of FEATI COE

Gemino H. Abad

UP English & Literature Professor

Director, Creative Writing Center

Jericho Mendoza

Beta Epsilon 2001

Prof's Partner in 3 Bridge Tournament Championships

Antonio S. Herrera, EE '79

President, UP Alumni Engineers, Inc.

Rowena C. L. Guevara

Dean, College of Engineering

Diliman Chancellor Sergio Cao

Renren Custodio

Most Exalted Brother, Beta Epsilon

reads "The Definition of a Gentleman"

Mayor Jorge Dominador Ilio, Jr. makes his response in behalf of the Ilio family. He also read a written message from his younger brother, Brod Dennis Ilio, who could not attend the Parangal.

BEAI President Cesar Yniguez, BE Exalted Brother Chef Ramirez and Parangal Coordinator Ojie Alzona present to Mayor Dom Ilio, Jr. the message book which contains messages of condolences for Prof's family and two CDs of the video documentary.

The BEAI alumni and the residents led by MEB Renren Custodio coordinated very closely to manage the one thousand and one tasks that have to be attended to in a tribute that turned out to be a standing hall affair because of the unexpected number of friends of Prof Ilio who walked in..

Bobby R. Angangco

Master of Ceremonies

BE '79, ME '81

Thanks to:

• MEB Renren and the resident brods for the preparations in the theater and actual assistance in the technicals during the Parangal.

• Bernie Mendoza and Jon Kasilag who helped during the memorial service at Engineering.

• Lorrie Febre and Betanette Cita who donated the banners hung at the Engineering steps and lobby of the Engineering theater.

• Brods who are all members of the Betan text brigade.

• Ojie Alzona, the Parangal Coordinator

The Beta Epsilon collective and brotherhood worked wonders considering that there was not much time to do all the preparations.

The Parangal Committee made an oversight: Renren, the MEB, and representing the fraternity, should have lined up with the Ilio family when the handshakes of condolence were offered. That is because there are two families that  lost a father: the Ilio family and the Beta Epsilon fratermily.

REGISTRATION:

The UP Alumni Engineers' staff took charge of registering the guests and providing them with name tags. Shown in these photos are brods like Manny Agustines (#1, signing,  well at least he looks like our brod), Glen Dajac (#2), Mac de los Reyes (#4), Jun Berba (#5) and Pol Abis (#6), Robbie dela Cruz (#8) (the one in blue)

Chito Francisco,

Tau Alphan,  and Meralco President

Manny Agustines (?)

Ding Portugal

Franklin Sison (?)

Romy David

Tess and Kathleen, Betanette and Betanak of Brod Doming

BEAI Secretary

Vic Ahoro

Looks familiar, but I don't have the eidetic memory of Prof, therefore can't recall his name

Betaway Joe and Visita Iglesia Lino, Roger Panlasigui and the apos of Brod Dom Ilio

At the end of the ceremonies, when the non-Betan guests, had left, the brods went to the stage to sing the fraternity song.

This is how it looked when the brods filed out for the processional - many vacant chairs.

Danny Lopez, the guitarist of the Betan Choir

Balikbayan Respi tours the Dom Ilio Engg Archives. Later he requested to be allowed to make a testimonial.

Rey Vea greets  Dom Ilio Jr. (Joji) and Amy.

Before martial law, Rey and Joji were members of the activist organization called SDK (Samahang ng Demokratikong Kabataan).

Joji's involvement in activist organizations -- at that time it was called a  "subversive" activity, not yet a "terrorist" activity  --  was the reason for Prof Ilio's  arrest and detention in a Camp Crame stockade in December 1972 that Prof took advantage of to write more poems..

Later Joji was arrested and detained too. He went on to become Mayor of Malinao while Rey went on to became dean of UP-COE and now President of MAPUA University.

Da Behn

greets El Sid

DOST Secretary Estrella Alabastro talks with Chancellor Segio Cao (left) and with brods Pol Abis and Jun Berba.

My kabatch/balikbayan Mac, with Louie Sison and Pete Maniego. (Right: with Prof. Gene Marzan)

 (Louie, dalas-dalasan mo ang punta sa mga BE functions)

Brod Doming's family came in full force, with an apo to boot. Shown are Tess, Kathleen and Mabel

Yats Obias, elegantly dressed for a last salute to Prof.

Dong Salazar and Romy. Also shown is former UP-COE Dean Sonny Viray.

Sid chats with Juinio Dean (son of Din Juinio, the pun after Prof Ilio)

Boy exchanges greetings  with Joji's family of beauty and grace, a phrase used by Prof Ilio in a Beta Epsilon Times issue to describe Boy's own family.

Stein, still lame with his left leg in a cast, bravely walked in with the aid of his Betanette and a crutch. He did not want to miss  a last salute to Prof Ilio.

The number of guests was unexpected, so we ran out of supply of  drinks and coffee and sandwiches even if brods provided for more than the estimated number of guests.

BTW, that's our brod Alexis talking with Angel Lazaro III, former MWSS administrator.

The Ilio family and brods and Betanettes at the Dom Ilio Memorabilia prepared  by the Engineering Library staff

Betans/Betanettes who used to work as muchachos or muchachas at San Miguel Corp.

PART II TO FOLLOW