Manuel V. Pangilinan graduated from The Wharton School in 1968.
PLDT Chairman President and Chief Executive Officer Manuel V. Pangilinan (MVP) made a gift donation of US$1 million to The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. A Wharton graduate himself, his donation establishes the Manny V. Pangilinan MBA Fellowship Fund and supports the Tangen Hall Mechatronics Laboratory.
His gift donation of US$1Million will be allocated equally between the fellowship and the Tangen fund for the mechatronics lab.
The fellowship fund, which will be known as the MVP Fellowship Fund, will be created to provide financial support to MBA graduate students in Wharton. Students from the Philippines will be given priority in this fellowship grant, followed by those from Association of Southeast Asian Nations member-states and other countries.
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PLDT, Inc. Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan has donated $1 million to The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to establish an MBA fellowship fund and support a behavioral research laboratory, the company said in a statement.
“We are exceedingly grateful for MVP’s gifts to the school. Thank you for all your contributions,” said Dean Erika H. James of The Wharton School during an e-meet where representatives of the school expressed their gratitude to Mr. Pangilinan, himself a Wharton graduate.
His gift donation will be allocated equally between the fellowship fund and the Tangen Hall Mechatronics Laboratory.