John gabriel pelias biography sampler

by Stephanie S. Cabigao, UP MPRO

On April 17, , under the scorching heat, I and 3, other graduates listened keenly to the words of our UP Diliman class valedictorian John Gabriel Pelias.

We were all in awe of what the year old Mathematics major &#; who made UP history with a general weighted average (GWA) of , breaking a mark set in &#; had to say.

Even six years later, as I sat eagerly for a short talk with him, I could vividly remember him saying, &#;You graduated not from any university but from a university named after the nation.

Use your talents to contribute to the country.&#;

As a fellow iskolar ng bayan who chose to stay and serve the University, I wanted to know what made him decide to do the same. Today, John Gabriel Pelias is a professor at the University of the Philippines Institute of Mathematics in Diliman, where he also took his master&#;s degree.

Why Math?

&#;I&#;m fond of Math.

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