Presidents
The Philippines have had (14) presidents from Aguinaldo to Arroyo, Four of them studied in Letran -- Aguinaldo, Quezon, Osmeña and Laurel.
 Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy
President of the First Philippine Republic (1898-1902)
March 22, 1869 – February 6, 1964
Born in Kawit, Cavite to Carlos Aguinaldo and Trinidad Famy, Emilio learned his ABCs from his great-aunt and later attended the town’s elementary school. In 1880, he studied at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran for his “bachillerato” which he quit on his 3rd yr to return home instead to help their mother manage their farm
 Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina
President of the First Philippine Senate (1916)
President of the Philippine Commonwealth (1935 – 44)
Father of the Philippine Independence
August 19, 1878 – August 1, 1944
Manuel Luis Quezon was born in Baler, Tayabas (now Quezon) to Lucio Quezon and Maria Dolores Molina. His first teacher was his mother who taught him to read and write Spanish christian cathechism. Quezon studied later at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran (AB 1889 – 94). He then studied law at the University of Santo Tomas and then passed the bar in 1903.
 Sergio Osmeña Sr. y Suico
Speaker of the First Philippine Assembly (1907)
Vice President of the Philippine Commonwealth (1935 – 44)
President of the Philippine Commonwealth (1944 – 46)
September 9, 1878 – October 19, 1961
Sergio Osmeña was born in Cebu City on September 9, 1878. He obtained his early education from the College of San Carlos and later, he went to Manila to study at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran, where he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1894, with high honors.
Together with his friends and classmate Manuel Quezon, he took up law in the University of Santo Tomas. He served as courier during the Philippine Revolution and then after the Filipino – American war, he resumed his law studies and passed the bar in 1903.
 Jose P. Laurel Sr. y Garcia
President of the Second Philippine Republic (1943 –1945)
March 9, 1891 – November 6, 1959
Dr. Jose Laurel was born in Tanauan, Batangas to Sotero Laurel and Jacoba Garcia. He finished elementary at the Tanauan Elementary School and went to Manila to study at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran and the Manila High School. He passed the bar in 1915 after finishing his law as a salutatorian at the University of the Philippines. He finished his Master of Laws at Escuela de Derecho in 1918, Doctor of Civil Law at Yale University in 1920, and Doctor of Philosophy at UST in 1936.
In 1923, he became the Secretary of the Interior at age 32 making him the youngest member of the cabinet. In 1925, he was elected senator (5th district); he became one of the so-called “Seven Wise Men of the Constitutional Convention” to which he was elected in 1934; in 1935, he was appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court and in 1941, he became the acting chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
During the World War II, he was appointed President of the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic. Imprisoned after the war on charges of collaboration, he was released on the basis of Amnesty Proclamation of President Manuel Roxas.
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