Editing UP College of Engineering (section)

=== Humble Beginnings ===

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|<font color="#FFF5EE">'''Deans of<br>UP College of Engineering'''</font>
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|'''1910-1911 W. J. Colbert''' <sup>1</sup>
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|'''1911-1912 Lawrence E. Griffin''' <sup>1</sup>
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|'''1912-1919 Clarence G. Wrentmore'''
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|'''1919-1926 Herman W. Reynolds'''
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|'''1926-1940 Edward R. Hyde'''
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|'''1940-1949 [[Vidal A. Tan]]''' <sup>2</sup>
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|'''1949-1953 Juan L. Tiongson'''
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|'''1953-1960 Crisostomo A. Ortigas'''
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|'''1960-1970 Oscar Baguio'''
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|'''1970-1979 Alfredo L. Juinio'''<sup>3</sup>
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|'''1979-1985 Marino M. Mena'''
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|'''1985-1991 Ruben A. Garcia'''
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|'''1991-1993 Francisco L. Viray'''
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|'''1993-1997 Reynaldo B. Vea'''<sup>4</sup>
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|'''1997-2004 Edgardo G. Atanacio'''
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|'''2004-2010 Rowena Cristina L. Guevara'''
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|'''2010-present Aura C Matias'''
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<small>'''<sup>1</sup>''' Acting deans.
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<small>'''<sup>2</sup>''' Vidal A. Tan became the eighth [[Presidents of the University of the Philippines|president of UP]].</small><br>
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'''<sup>3</sup>''' The [[National Engineering Center]] hall was named after Alfredo Juinio.</small><br>
<small>'''<sup>4</sup>''' Vea became the president of Mapua Institute of Technology in 2006.</small><br>
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The University of the Philippines was established on June 18, 1908 with the opening of the College of Medicine. In the following years, other units were similarly opened.

The College of Engineering is the fifth college unit to be established on the realization that the development of the nation could be best pursued with professional engineers amongst the population. During the early years of the American regime, scores of engineers from abroad had to imported to carry out the engineering work of the government as well as plan and manage the vast construction program of the government. There were very few Filipino engineers at that time, all of them having had their education and training abroad. As later succinctly enunciated: it is the purpose of the College of Engineering to train engineers in all branches of the profession to meet the needs of the industry and the nation.

The Board of Regents of the University, in a resolution passed on June 3, 1910, appointed Mr. W.J. Colbert as acting Dean of the College of Engineering. His appointment was set to effect on June 13, 1910 thereby creating the College of Engineering. Dean Colbert was authorized to prepare the curriculum and select the necessary teaching personnel for the new course. Initially, a four-year course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science with an additional degree of Civil Engineer upon completion of an extra year of study was approved. The first instructor to be appointed was Mr. Jose P. Katigbak of the City Engineer's Office of Manila, as instructor in graphics (drawing) on a part-time basis.

Twenty-two high school graduates from all over the country registered in engineering when classes opened in June 1910. The students enjoyed free tuition in the college. The classes were held at a two-story building, the O'brien residence, at the corner of Isaac Peral (now United Nations Avenue) and Florida (now Maria Y. Orosa) streets in Ermita, Manila. The offices of the University were on the ground floor. Engineering and liberal arts classes alternated in using the rooms on the second floor. Mathematics and physics were taken under the College of Engineering. The classes in drawing were held at the Manila High School building along Calle Victoria in Intramuros. The O'brien house was formally turned over to the College in September, 1910, and became known as the "College of Engineering."

Later on, as the Engineering Building and shops were constructed along the Florida side of the U.P. Campus in Ermita, that building became the Home Economics Building of the College of Education.