Ledivina V. Cariño

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Ledivina V. Cariño
Vice President for Public Affairs of the University of the Philippines
In office 1992–1993
President	José Abueva
Dean of the UP National College of Public Administration and Governance
In office 1998–2001
In office 1982–1984
Personal details
Born	April 22, 1942 University of Hawaii at Manoa University of the Philippines Diliman

Ledivina Vidallon Cariño was a Filipino sociologist and political scientist. She was University Professor (the highest academic rank in the

(UP-NCPAG). She also once served as president of the Philippine Sociological Society.

Cariño also sat as dean of the College of Public Administration (UP-CPA), later the

.

Education

Cariño obtained her BA Public Administration degree (cum laude) from the

in the United States, one of the world's leading universities in terms of public affairs education.

Distinctions

In 1980, she received the Gintong Aklat Award and was named Outstanding Alumnus of Union High School of Manila in 1981. 'Leddy' to her friends and colleagues, Dr. Cariño was also named Outstanding Alumna by the Philippine Christian University in 1994.^[1]

Since 1984, she has held the Philippine Commission on Audit (COA) Professional Chair in Public Administration. In 1987, she received the Reflections of Development Award from the

, she was entitled to teach in any college, institute, center, or department within the University.

In 1995, the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) named her Academician.

Positions held

As UP vice president for public affairs, she oversaw the earliest moves to revise the U.P. Charter under presidents Abueva and Emil Q. Javier.

.

Cariño was the chairperson of the Technical Panel for Public Administration of the Philippine Commission on Higher Education (CHED) from 2005 to 2009^[3] and Editor-in-Chief of the Philippine Journal of Public Administration (PJPA). She also served in the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) board of trustees.

Death

Cariño died on June 12, 2009, after a battle with leukemia.^[4]

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