PLEBE NOTES
Who was considered as a
plebe forever?
Cadet Audie Serrano, a plebe of classes ’78, ’79, ’80, ’81. he is the
son of Boni Serrano, a medal of valor awardee.
Who were classes that never existed?
PMA classs of 1930 and PMA class of 1939.
What PMA post-war class graduated the earliest?
PMA class of 1974, graduated 11 January 1974.
What is the earliest class to be commissioned as officers?
PMA class of 1943, commissioned as 3rd lieutenants during secondclass year on 13 December 1941.
Who was the oldest person ever to graduate from the Constabulary school and the only one to have graduated twice?
Julian Cadiz of Bulacan, who entered the school at the age of 48, and graduated twice (1909 and 1910).
What was the largest punishment meted to a cadet for a single offense?
38 demerits, 448 punishment tours, 415 days special confinement, to cadet Willard N. Grageda, PMA class of 1982.
What was the largest punishment in one term?
470 demerits, 620 punishment tours, 595 days special confinement to cadet Willard N. Grageda.
When was PMA transferred to Teacher’s Camp from Camp Allen?
05 May 1936.
What were the classes that first visited the Republic of China?
PMA class of 1970 and 1971 on May
1969.
When was the PMA grandstand bomb?
18 March 1987.
Who was the first woman Commander-in Chief of the AFP?
President Corazon C. Aquino.
Who donated the Amphitheater?
MA class 1959, there are 37 lamps
around it.
Where did Borromeo field get its name?
From the second post war academy
Superintendent, Brig. Gen. Patricio Borromeo (PCA 1927).
When was the Jurado Hall completed?
15 May 1953, named after Major Enrique
L. Jurado ( Class 1938 ) the first Head DPE.
What is the Lorenzo Hall?
Originally the cadet mess hall an
become the cadet reception hall. It was named after Lt. Isabelo Lorenzo who
died fighting the HUKS in 1952.
When was the Lungayban Hall inaugurated?
March of 1982, named after Lungayban,
the goddess of beauty of the Igorot land.
What is the Melchor Hall?
The Melchor Hall is the PMA’s academic building, inaugurated on 24 May 1950, in honor of Col. Alejandro Melchor, the first Academic Department Head.
When was the St. Ignatius Chapel constructed?
17 February 1959 and completed on 13
December 1959 and named after St. Ignatius of Loyola, the soldier priest.
Who donated the sundial?
The classes of ’53, ’54, ’55, ’56. the
tradition of keeping its brass parts shining and clean belongs to the plebes
of Alfa Company.
Who donated the tree house?
PMA class of 1955.
Where is Melchor Hall located?
Melchor Hall is located exactly 9.27
km. from Baguio City with an altitude of 4572.31 ft. the latitude and
longitude of Fort Del Pilar is 16 degrees 21.45’N and 120 degrees 37’10” E
respectively.
Who was the first foreign national to graduate from the academy?
The first foreign national to graduate
from the academy was Thaval Sawangpunka of Thailand, who graduated with the
class 1960.
Who compose the Academic Board?
The Superintendent, the Dean of the
Corps of Professors, the Commandant of Cadets, and the Department Heads
compose the Academic Board.
Who are the graduates who have buildings in PMA named in their honor?
Col. Job Mayo Sr. Class 1940 (Mayo
Hall), Capt. Conrado Yap Class 1943 (Yap Hall), Lt. Wilfredo Alberto Class
1943 ( Alberto Hall of Central Barracks), Lt. Leopoldo Regis Class 1951
(Regis Hall), and Lt. Isabelo Lorenzo Jr. Class 1955 (Lorenzo Hall).
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