Upsilonians at the DFA recommended for promotion

The Board of Foreign Service Administration of the Department of Foreign Affairs voted last Wednesday to recommend for promotion to the rank of Chief of Mission Class I Ambassador Oscar Valenzuela ‘64 (currently Assistant Secretary for Middle East and African Affairs) and Ambasador Jesus Yabes ‘66 (presently Consul General in Shanghai). Also recommended was the promotion of Minister-Counsellor Jose Ampeso ‘68 to Chief of Mission Class II and Consul Julius Torres, second in command at the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto. Congratulations brods!

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The Upsilon Sigma Phi, founded in 1918, is the oldest fraternity in Asia. Based in the University of the Philippines, it has had an unbroken and singular association with the premier state university. There are no chapters outside of UP Diliman and UP Los Banos. The fraternity counts among its ranks, Benigno 'Ninoy' Aquino and former President Ferdinand E. Marcos.

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