University of The Philippines Rural High School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• Emerlinda Roman - First female UP President
• Clare Baltazar - National Scientist and Professor Emeritus of Entomology, UPLB
• Antonio "Tony" Mabesa - Movie, television and theater actor
• Lizbeth de Padua - Neurologist and Bb. Pilipinas-Universe 1976, Summa Cum Laude, BS Biology, University of the Philippines at Los Baños
• Ebe Dancel - Lead vocalist, Sugarfree
• Bonifacio Ilagan - Writer and director
• Maj. Gen. Leopoldo Maligalig - Former PMA Superintendent, Los Baños Outstanding Resident
• Felino Lansigan, Ph.D. - Professor, Institute of Statistics, University of the Philippines at Los Baños. He's also a recipient of NAST Hugh Greenwood Environmental Science Award.
• Jonas Baes, Ph.D. - UPD College of Music Professor
• Cedric Castillo - News reporter, GMA Network
• Lemuel Cuento - tenor. Lemuel studied at the Hong Kong Academy of Music and earned his diploma in Opera Performance at the Vienna Conservatory. His voice teacher was Sylvia Greenberg. He has since performed Tamino in The Magic Flute, Hans in The Bartered Bride (Smetana), The Duke in Rigoletto, Alfredo in La Traviata, Ubaldo in Armida (Haydn) and Fenton in The Merry Wives of Windsor. In 2004, he was engaged at the theater in Pforzheim, where he essayed various roles like Don Carlo, Florestan in Fidelio, Rodolfo in La Bohème, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Jim Mahoney in Mahagonny, Lensky in Eugene Onegin, Canio in I Pagliacci, Luigi in Il Tabarro, The Steersman in The Flying Dutchman as well as in classical operettas like Paganini, The Duke in A Night in Venice and Edwin in Czardasfürstin. Other roles he has done include Aliatar in a rarely done opera called Pelagio by Saverio Mercandante (performed in Guijon, Spain) and Hoffmann.
• 2LT Jose Delfin Khe - PMA graduate killed in action during an MILF encounter in Basilan on October 18, 2011
• Jerrold Tarog - multi-awarded film director, composer, writer, editor, and sound designer responsible for critically acclaimed feature films such as "Confessional", "Mangatyanan", "Senior Year" and the "Punerarya" segment of 2010's Shake, Rattle and Roll 12. His short film "Faculty" was featured on ANC's AmBisyon 2010, which showcased twenty of the brightest creative minds in today's Philippine cinema.