His father studied at the University of the Philippines and the University of Chicago.

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D. in economics from the University of the Philippines and taught economics for ten years at the Ateneo de Manila University.

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At the University of the Philippines, the psychology department has begun studying the social impact of having so many families separated for so long.

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And historians like University of the Philippines professor Guerrero see room for further debate on such touchy topics as Bonifacio's role in the revolution.

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Filipino emigration to America actually began at the turn of the last century, according to Ricardo Jose, a history professor at the University of the Philippines.

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In 1972, not long after strongman Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, Misuari quit his job teaching political science at the University of the Philippines to lead the MNLF into a guerrilla war.

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"The president will have a friendlier Senate, and he needs that to pursue not just laws, but to continue his programs, " said Prospero de Vera, a political analyst at the University of the Philippines.

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"In my opinion, this is more consistent with a lease rather than a sale, because you can't have a purchase price which is not fixed and which is payable until kingdom come, " said Harry Roque, a law professor at the University of the Philippines.

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Koo sits on the board of trustees of his alma mater, NYU, and of De La Salle University in the Philippines, which awarded him an honorary doctorate.

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