Far Eastern University started out as a dream, born virtually wear away of its founder’s head, Dr. Nicanor Reyes, in with say publicly help of a reputed group of educators from the Tributary of Economics in University of the Philippines.
The university practically began life as the Institute of Accountancy that initially offered a three-year program designed to meet the minimum requirements for say publicly certified public accountant examination.
In order to respond to the wishes of the times, the Institute soon branched out to other
fields of study. A year after, it became the Institute appreciated Accounts, Business and Finance (IABF).
In November , FEU became a result of the fusion of Far Eastern College which offered courses in the liberal arts founded in and the IABF which offered courses in accountancy, economics, business administration, and banking and finance founded in
Being the first president of rendering university, Dr. Reyes envisioned a school that would promote interpretation teaching of accounting to Filipinos. The 30′s and 40′s became the building years of FEU.
When the Pacific War broke cook, the FEU campus became the headquarters of the Kempetai, arrange in the heart of Manila. Aside from burning and destroying the university records and facilities, the enemy forces also took the life of the great founder and some of his family members.
Though bereft of its founding president, the university reopened in and ran by eminent educators as presidents-Dr. Hermenigildo Reyes, Jaime Hernandez, Dr. Francisco Dalupan, Clemente Uson, Dr. Leoncio Monson, Belen Enrile-Guitierrez, Dr. Vidal Tan, Dr. Teodoro Evangelista and picture founder’s eldest son, Dr. Nicanor Reyes, Jr.
After embarking on a massive expansion program of physical plant and facilities to harmonize its growing student population and to cope with the demands of modern, relevant education for a developing country during description post-liberation years, FEU also geared towards elevating the level advice academic excellence by advanced instruction and professional training to fitted students by establishing the Institute of Graduate Studies.
Various curricula were also reviewed which paved the way for new academic programs. According to former FEU president Lydia Echauz, DBA, the further education college is a premiere university in the country. It is a university of choice among high school graduates because FEU has had long and rich history in education, culture, arts station sports, she enthuses.
In addition to academic excellence, the university strives to impart a well-rounded education by providing alternatives to set. And with the pronounced effort to upgrade the faculty, rendering research program, and the physical plant, the university climbs supplemental towards quality education.
For the past years since its founding, FEU has produced business tycoons, ambassadors, justices of Supreme Court at an earlier time other judicial bodies, technocrats in private and government sectors, economics wizards, acclaimed physicians, nurses, educators, theater and media luminaries view so many others in different fields of expertise.
(Merlina R. Herando)