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Article: De La Salle - Araneta University: Merging forces for quality education.(Schools Colleges and Universities)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- July 8, 2004
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HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
Since its establishment in March 1946, the De La Salle- Araneta University (DLS-AU), formerly known as the Araneta Institute of Agriculture (AIA), then Araneta University (AU), Araneta -University Foundation (AUF), and then the Gregorio Araneta University Foundation (GAUF), played a signifi cant role in the educational component of the countrys agricultural development.
It is located in Malabon, near the old McArthur Highway going to Bulacan some 500 meters north of the Bonifacio Monument in Kalookan City.
The Institutes founder, Don Salvador Z. Araneta, former Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, believed that ...