Arellano University
Overview
Private university
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, nonsectarian
Nonsectarian
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university
University
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located in Manila
Manila
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, Philippines
Philippines
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, established in 1938 by Florentino Cayco, Sr. as the Arellano Law College which was later known as Arellano Colleges. The university was named after Cayetano Arellano
Cayetano Arellano
Cayetano L. Arellano was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines under the American Civil Government. He was Chief Justice from 1901 until his retirement on April 12, 1920, making him the longest serving Chief Justice.Born in Orion, Bataan, He started as a working student...
, the first Chief Justice
Chief Justice of the Philippines
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of the Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the Philippines
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of the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
and the campus of the university was named after Juan Marquez-Sumulong, the head of operations of the opposition during the Philippine Commonwealth
Commonwealth of the Philippines
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The university is composed of several autonomous colleges, schools and institutes, each conferring undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate degrees, and the basic education units.
