15 Notable alumni of
Adamson University
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Adamson University is 1827th in the world, 428th in Asia, and 16th in the Philippines by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 15 notable alumni from Adamson University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Paeng Nepomuceno
- Occupations
- bowler
- Biography
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Rafael "Paeng" Villareal Nepomuceno is a Filipino bowler and coach who is a six time World bowling champion. He is a World Bowling Hall of Famer and is the first and only bowling athlete to be awarded with the prestigious IOC (International Olympic Committee) President's Trophy. He was also named International Bowling Athlete of the Millennium by the FIQ (Federation Internationale des Quilleurs) in 1999 and was inducted in the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.
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Marlou Aquino
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Marlou Bucao Aquino is a Filipino former professional basketball player and assistant coach for the Bacoor City Strikers of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). During his prime, he was known by fans as "The Skyscraper" and was, along with Edward Joseph Feihl, one-half of the so-called "Twin Towers" of the Ginebra San Miguel.
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Fernando Suarez
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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Fernando Suarez was a Filipino Catholic priest who performed faith healing in the Philippines and abroad. He grew up in the Philippines and spent much of his life working in the Philippines. In 1995 he left with a Chemical Engineering degree travelling to Winnipeg, Canada to pursue his calling to become a priest. In 1997 he joined the Companions of the Cross community of priests and seminarians in Ottawa, Canada. (He left the Companions of the Cross in 2011.) Suarez was ordained to the priesthood in 2002 and began to focus on faith healing. In July 2003 he was assigned to begin a ministry of healing. He established Mother Mary of the Poor Healing Ministry with the mission and intent "to seek holiness in evangelizing and working with the poor through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary."
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Kenneth Duremdes
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Kenneth Celera Duremdes is a Filipino retired professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association and the current commissioner of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). Nicknamed as "Captain Marbel", Duremdes is also a former PBA Most Valuable Player in 1998, and a former member of the Philippine national basketball team.
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Jericho Cruz
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jericho Xavier Setubal Cruz is a Filipino-Guamanian professional basketball player for the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
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E.J. Feihl
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Edward Joseph "E. J." Feihl is a Filipino retired professional basketball player of German Filipino descent.
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Hector Calma
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Hector Calma is a Filipino former professional basketball player. At 5 feet and 8 inches, he played at the point guard position and was most notably associated with the San Miguel Beer team of the Philippine Basketball Association.
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Rodney Brondial
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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John Rodney Sanao Brondial is a Filipino professional basketball player for the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played college basketball for Adamson University in the UAAP. He was drafted 6th overall by Barangay Ginebra in the 2014 PBA draft.
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Ken Bono
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Karl Kenneth Odani Bono is a Filipino basketball player who last played for the TNT KaTropa of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played collegiate basketball for the Adamson Soaring Falcons in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) from 2003 to 2006 and was named the league's Most Valuable Player in his final season before being selected sixth overall by the Alaska Aces in the 2007 PBA draft.
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Don Trollano
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Celedonio B. "Don" Trollano Jr. is a Filipino professional basketball player for the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
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Noel Rosal
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Noel Ebriega Rosal is a Filipino businessman and politician served as the governor of Albay in 2022. He previously served as mayor of Legazpi from 2001 to 2010, and again from 2013 to 2022.
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Florentino Floro
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Florentino Velasquez Floro Jr. is a Filipino former judge who achieved notoriety after being suspended from the Philippine judiciary in 2006 due to mental illness. Floro made several statements that he was psychic and claimed to frequently communicate with invisible duendes, a type of dwarf common in Filipino and Latin American mythology.
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Carmen Lamagna
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Carmen Zita Lamagna is a Filipino academic. She was the former vice-chancellor of American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), appointed by the president of Bangladesh. In 1997, by becoming VC of AIUB, she became the first female vice chancellor of a university in Bangladesh. She also served as the president of Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP) and treasurer of International Association of University Presidents (IAUP).
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Romulo Peña Jr
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Romulo "Kid" Valderama Peña Jr. is a Filipino politician and the current Representative of the 1st District of Makati in the Philippine House of Representatives. He previously served as acting Makati Mayor from 2015 to 2016 after the office of Ombudsman of the Philippines dismissed Jejomar Erwin "Junjun" Binay, Jr. over contract irregularities related to the construction of Makati Science High School. Prior to that, he served as Vice Mayor of Makati from 2010 to 2015 and a barangay kagawad and captain of Barangay Valenzuela.
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Mary Jane Alvero
- Occupations
- chemical engineer
- Biography
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Mary Jane Alvero-Al Mahdi is a CEO of Geoscience Testing Laboratory. She has performed many safety tests on construction materials, food, water, and air throughout the United Arab Emirates. Some of her accomplished works are mega-projects like Downtown Burj Dubai.
