FORMER UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT DR. JOSE MA. GOLEZ LAID TO REST
October 5, 2023 – Dr. Jose Ma. R. Golez, the second president of Liceo de Cagayan University, was brought to his final resting place by his family at the Divine Shepherd, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro, where the remains of the University founder Atty. Rodolfo N. Pelaez and his wife Elsa were also interred. The interment was preceded by a Funeral Mass held at the Sacred Heart Parish Church.
The longest-serving president of the University having served for 21 years (1981-2002) and instrumental in Liceo’s elevation to University Status in 1997, Dr. J.MR. Golez died at the age of 85.
A three-day wake was held at the Rodelsa Theater to allow the members of the Liceo community and his friends and relatives to gather for a novena for the dead and to pay their last respects.