Demetrio Larena

Demetrio Larena was a former Governor of Negros Oriental (East Negros), a province on Negros Island in the Philippines. He was governor of Negros Oriental from 1901 until 1906. Larena was instrumental in the establishment of Silliman University in Dumaguete City. When Dr. David Hibbard came to the Philippines to scout for a good location of the school that the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions wanted to be founded, Dumaguete was not one of the places originally contemplated. The places that were considered as prospects for the school's location were Iloilo, Cebu and Zamboanga.^[1] But due in part to Larena's accommodating gesture and Dumaguete's natural environment at that time, Hibbard decided that the best place to establish the school would be in Dumaguete.

References

1. ^ Carson, Arthur, L. (1965), Silliman University, 1901-1959, United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia. p.4

• Sagun, Roman C., Jr. (February 5, 2006). "Historical Notes". Negros Chronicle. http://www.negroschronicle.com/final/feb_05/faith_3.html. Retrieved 19 January 2010. 
• Perez, Josefa V.Biography of Demetrio Larena, 1983 Cable Sun Press
• Carson, Arthur History of Silliman University 1901-1959, Hongkong 1960
• Larena, Josefino Jr Tulabing, Political life of Demetrio Larena, Silliman University 2001

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