27 Facts About Bienvenido Nebres

Bienvenido Nebres succeeded Joaquin G Bernas in 1993 and served as University President until 1 June 2011.

Bienvenido Nebres currently sits as a member of the board of trustees of Georgetown University, Regis University, St Edward School Foundation, Inc.

Bienvenido Nebres is a member of the board of directors of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, and is currently chairman of the Synergeia Foundation.

Bienvenido Nebres was Provincial Superior of the Society of Jesus in the Philippines.

Bienvenido Nebres's term was extended for him to lead the Ateneo through the completion of key initiatives as well as its sesquicentennial celebration, and was again extended until June 1,2011, after which he was succeeded by Jose Ramon Villarin as the Ateneo's university president.

Bienvenido Nebres was born in Baguio on March 15,1940, and grew up in Bacnotan in La Union, Philippines.

Bienvenido Nebres studied at the Bacnotan Elementary School, and then moved to Christ the King College in San Fernando, La Union.

Bienvenido Nebres wanted to become a priest because of a teacher who was a nun, her stories made him realize that it was a life worth living.

Bienvenido Nebres finished high school at the San Jose Seminary, and then moved to the Sacred Heart Novitiate in Novaliches.

Bienvenido Nebres did his early studies in classical studies and philosophy, completing his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1962 and his Master of Arts degree in 1963, both in Philosophy, at the Jesuit Scholasticate, Berchmans College in Cebu City, Philippines.

Bienvenido Nebres attended Stanford University in California from 1965 to 1970, wherein he completed his Master of Science and Ph.

Bienvenido Nebres completed his dissertation "Preservation Theorems and Herbrand Theorems for Infinitary Languages" in 1970 under the supervision of Solomon Feferman.

Bienvenido Nebres was founding President of the Mathematical Society of the Philippines in 1972.

Bienvenido Nebres was one of the founding officers of the Southeast Asian Mathematical Society in 1972.

Bienvenido Nebres was one of the founders of the consortium of the leading universities in Manila to develop Ph.

From 1992 to 1998, Bienvenido Nebres was Chairman of the Project Advisory Group for a World Bank- and OECF-financed Engineering and Science Education Project of the Philippine Department of Science and Technology.

Bienvenido Nebres has served as Chair of the Technical Panel on Science and Mathematics of the Commission on Higher Education since its inception and chairs the CHED Technical Working Group for faculty development.

Bienvenido Nebres was dean of the School of Arts and Sciences of the Ateneo de Manila from 1973 to 1980.

Bienvenido Nebres was Rector of the Loyola House of Studies from 1980 to 1982.

Bienvenido Nebres was President of Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan in Cagayan de Oro from 1990 to 1993.

Bienvenido Nebres was the longest serving President of the Ateneo de Manila University.

On July 28,2008, Bienvenido Nebres celebrated his 52nd year as a Jesuit.

Bienvenido Nebres worked to establish the Center for Community Services and the first conscientization and politicalization programs of the Ateneo de Manila in the 1970s.

Bienvenido Nebres helped in the political programs of various parties and groups during the years of forming alternatives to the Ferdinand Marcos martial law regime.

In 2006, Bienvenido Nebres merged the Center for Community Services with the Ateneo School of Government.

On December 5,2007, Bienvenido Nebres launched "Frontline Leadership," a book project of the Ateneo School of Government was written by several authors.

Bienvenido Nebres sits on the boards of several companies as an independent director, most notably that of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, where he has been a member from 1998 to 2012.