A Tribute to Retired AIM Faculty

On the evening of January 27, 2009 at the SGV Hall of the AIM Conference Center Manila, AIM gave honor to mentors who contributed meaningful years of service and commitment to the Institute. Dean Licuanan opened the evening with warm welcome remarks, highlighting the seven professors as part of the AIM family. Professor Richard Cruz introduced each of the distinguished league of educators.

Here is how the AIM community remembers the retired professors:

Prof. Soledad A. Hernando, PhD

Professor Sol, as she is commonly known, was a core faculty of the Center for Development Management. Greatly loved by the AIM community, Professor Sol is a respected educator, a committed development expert, and a very devoted wife and a loving mother.

Prof. Jose M. Faustino

“I want the students to become the best that they can be!" Professor Joe Faustino shared in the last AIM Blog interview. This has been his motivation for teaching at AIM. Being the Program Director for years, he is known as the proponent of the Strategic Marketing Course. Before his retirement, he was a core faculty of the MBA program. He also became core faculty of EXCELL. Apart from his marketing expertise, his colleagues and students will always remember his candor and sense of humor.

Prof. Teodoro Ma. P. Dizon

Professor Dizon was EXCELL’s Program Director for the Basic Management Program. His colleagues consider him as an expert on financial and managerial accounting, including control systems. While he is known as a master in the numbers game, he also is a force to beat when it comes to billiards and card games.

Prof. Victor S. Limlingan

Professor Limlingan has devoted his years of service at AIM being a core faculty of the Center for Development Management. He taught courses on development finance and strategy management. He is also managing a business with his supportive wife, Marita.

Prof. Errol B. Perez, DBA

Professor Perez was a member of the MBA core faculty. He taught courses on finance and quantitative analysis. He had recently supervised cases on finance and money markets, and in 2008, gamely did a brownbag presentation on the Sub-prime meltdown. One will not fail to recognize Professor Perez in AIM, as he is probably the only faculty member who wears a bowtie and a bowler’s hat.

Prof. Rafael J. Azanza

Professor Azanza served as a GSB faculty for years at AIM. He taught courses on finance, and also supervised cases on strategic finance for the Case Research Group. Not a lot of people know that aside from having a star appeal, he also had a chance to showcase talent in the movie industry decades ago.

Prof. Purba H. Rao, PhD

Professor Purba Rao was a core faculty of the MBA Program. She taught courses on predictive modeling, quantitative management and was extensively publishing researches on her areas of expertise and advocacies. She is most-loved by her students and members of the AIM staff, with whom she shares her unforgettable Indian cooking.