He always had to be the leader, the boss, the bida , if he were to join any group or do any undertaking. And he made sure he made his mark with his contributions to it. When he became a Rotarian, after attending the weekly meetings of the Rotary Club that recruited him, he decided to establish his own Rotary Club of Manila San Miguel, which exists to this day. Again, he brought his participation to the extreme. He held a record 100-percent attendance in all meetings in the many years that he was active. If it was not the Rotary, it was the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities (Pacu) or the Philippine Association for Technological Education (Pate), which he headed as president in 1991-1992 and 1982- 1983. There were also the school athletic leagues, namely, the Philippine Inter-Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (Picuaa) and the Cultural and Athletic Association of Colleges and Universities of the Philippines (Caacup), where he was president and founding member and where he made it a re- quirement that only school owners or school presidents may sit in the league’s governing board. Lunch meetings became great bonding opportunities among school owners. Bro. Andrew Gonzalez, FSC, during the time that the De La Salle University (DLSU) had issues with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and before DLSU joined the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), also joined the Picuaa. Brother Andrew loved the hearty lunches and the camaraderie of the school owners. How Papa loved to sing! Like his facility with language, this was the right brain of the left-brained engineer at work. On eve- nings Papa would sing himself hoarse accompanied by Mama on the piano; that would then be the cue for family members to seek refuge in their bedrooms. At 68, he thought he could become a recording star. He set up his own private recording studio and churned out more than 100 CDs and tapes of his
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