IN MEMORIAM
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** Willie "Tatang" Vergara, UPD'67 [Email to UPBSFI, May 8, 2008: BROD TEDDY REY '62 - Patriot; TOYM Awardee; Technocrat; A Quintessential Betan] Teddy Rey was one of the most accomplished Betans and certainly somebody whom we can all be proud of. He was a TOYM awardee in the late 70s (for Rural Development). For many years, he was Administrator of the Farms Systems Development Corporation, then Laguna Lake Development Corporation -- employing many, many brods in the process. I'm sure those whom he got into his employ that included Brods Pogs Gaspay, Pat Roman, Gabby Moraleda, Boy Jaurigue, Bogan Cabanatan, Bobby Pecson, and many other brods could say much more about Teddy Rey. He was Senior Vice President of the Development Academy of the Philipppines and years before that, he was a PAL executive and then later joined Brod Boy Morales at the Responsible Parenthood Council to head RPC's Rural Development Program. Those who reported to Teddy during those RPC years included Atty Boyet Fernandez, Dan Galoso and Botit Reyes. I leave it to other brods who knew Teddy Rey to say many more great things that this Brod has done in his lifetime. He was a brilliant technocrat to say the least, truly lived a fulfilled yet simple life. He will certainly be missed, but Teddy will certainly live forever in our memory. As ever your servant, Willie 'Tatang' Vergara *******
** Manuel "Pogs" Gaspay, UPD'68 [Memoirs sent to up-beta-sigma-fraternity-international-@googlegroups.com, May 9, 2008] In Brod Willie's words: Teddy Rey, a patriot and a diehard Beta Sigman! Brod Teddy to me, and many brods of my generation, was not only a brod we can truly be proud of, but also a beloved mentor. He not only employed many of us, but also nourished our development as professionals. And as Gabby Moraleda best said it - Teddy not only gave us jobs but more importantly he gave us values. I learned a lot from him - from forming good work ethics, understanding the basics of organizational management and project implementation, how to lead and care for people who work with you, and how to lead an honorable life. If Boy Morales was the sublime strategist, Teddy was the consummate implementor. It's no wonder why he was trusted with so many high-profile projects during the Marcos regime - numerous programs at DAP that included an irrigation program for remote areas in the country and a newspaper development program, the FSDC, the LLDA, the Ministry of Human Settlements (yes, brod Johnny, Teddy was an Assistant Minister of the Human Settlements) and many more. His misfortune was being a very loyal hardworking technocrat for a regime that soon lost its mandate from the people. Teddy was the epitome of loyalty. He kept lecturing me and brods such as Boy (Jaurigue), Gabby and Cyrus, who grew up in an age of irreverence for institutions, about the discipline of organizational loyalty. While he was loyal to his superiors, he was also very loyal to the people who worked for him. A hard taskmaster, he also was a haven of support when somehow you found yourself in trouble. He would just pull out his hair and make a moue on his face when you reported a mess that resulted from some faulty decision you made. But he would always protect you from the more serious consequences of your mistakes. Up to a point of course, as he would never tolerate consistently dysfunctional behavior. Just ask his younger, equally successful, brother Judz, who was often the target of Teddy's critical eye. (I recall the words he uttered when he first interviewed me for a job "So, kayo pala ang mga barkada ng kapatid ko!". Lagot, I thought then, he-he). Both must have been favored by the gods with either fame or wealth, but how bifurcated they were in their approach to life - Teddy with the onus of a sense of family obligation had the disciplined and purposeful outlook, and Judz the unfettered son was the carefree more experimental laddie! Everyone marches to a different beat indeed, and the mystery of life is how you can never predict when, where nor how that march ends. Teddy in his soldierly march, won many accolades and deep respect if not wealth. He faded away peacefully in his sleep, I want to think, reminiscing about his prodigious deeds while the Great Drummer nods "well done, well done!". The younger brother still marches inquisitively pondering the koans he has stumbled upon in his own lifetime, and generously sharing back the justly earned prosperity his bold entrepreneurship had won for him.Teddy's deep sense of loyalty is what I suspect made Teddy a true patriot and achiever, for he pushed himself and others out of a sense of obligation to his family, his friends and his country. Just like most eldest son, he had a compulsion to seek and provide a better outcome for them. He did receive a number of prestigious awards including the coveted TOYM (for public service in the late 1970s, a year or two after Boy M.) and many others. But I think what he really appreciated more were the numerous personal accolades showered him by the many people that once were under his tutelage or benefaction. He was always overjoyed by visits of former "mentees" affirming by their successful lives how true the values they learned from him. Just now, as I open my e-mail I am amazed at how far-flung the community of people that were at one time under his tutelage and benefaction extends. The spread of the news of his death is of viral proportions indeed. Teddy was always proud of his association with our fraternity. He did not make it a secret to others how obligated he felt to help a brod in need. His programs at DAP and later realms at FSDC, HMS and LLDA gave him the means to do this. These became virtual employment agencies for brods. For newly graduating brods, they often were the source of their first jobs. The amazing thing is how other people rarely felt offended by this - as Teddy was careful to instill in every brod he hired the need to justify their hiring (to others) by showing exemplary performance. A brod who could not keep up with his high expectations understood that he could spare the fraternity, the indignity of having to coddle him, by simply turning in their resignation. And Teddy understood that this too was his secret weapon, as he often found that when the going got rough, that their deep sense of commitment to him would be what it would take to turn the tide of adversity to his side. We did not want Teddy to be embarrassed because of us. As we were proud of him, we wanted him to be proud of us too. His top management cadres were filled by many brods - at FSDC there was Hannibal Manikan his childhood friend and unparalleled field operator, Gilbert Dulay our financial whiz, Val Guanio our legal brain trust, Boy Jaurigue the cool "relax lang, aayusin natin yan", akong bahala kay Teddy" operator, Cyrus Fagar the can do "whatever it takes, just tell me your targets" kid, Mang Bob Pecson aka "Clark Kent in another disguise" special programs man. I was Teddy's constant pain in the butt as I always played the devil's advocate and always argued. But he must have respected my mind and knew my heart as he kept promoting me and seemed to consider my input. He would though alternately dress me down in meetings and privately tell me that whenever I disagreed that I should discuss it with him privately first. He kept reminding me about the virtue of organizational discipline and chains of command and was grateful when I finally would be silent and accept his directives - for he knew that when I said I would do it that I would unfailingly deliver. Perhaps he reminded me about his kid brother who also was not apt to listen and not to stay confined within the straight and narrow path. There were so many other brods who were his special operators and valued contributors - Bogs Cabanatan was the Enforcer, Pat Roman was the Big Ideas man, Ven Atienza was the Systems Geek, Bart Gacad, Jun Soriano, Buddy Curameng, Ted Martinez, Emiboi Roman, were Teddy's stormtroopers, and in my own supply management staff were Joe Bautista, Andy Jose and Mon Lee. There were a lot more scattered throughout the various units like Bimboy Yap, Venny Deang, Boyet Fernandez, Ross Fernando, Caloy Belleza, Efren Sabularse, Jec Marquez, Sher Gacho, Drigs Bayot, Raul Lopez. There are many more who for some time were with us at FSDC or were employed in other agencies that Teddy headed, including Danny Lachica who first worked for FSDC before embarking on his very successful career in the high-tech management arena. Those I can recall are Babes Ranada, Jun Gomez and Luis Guanio at DAP. Pete Hernandez, Jun Bernal, Jorge Sales, Ben Medina, Manny Francisco, Boy Luna, Ben Medina, Edwin Encomienda, Alan Batallones, Leo Pascua, Bubot Morata, Ruben Martinez, Roy Flores, and Ick Angeles and Tito Villegas from the younger brods. Rudy Angala and Joe Agulto were also placed on board by Teddy at the MHS (Ministry of Human Settlements). I recall, especially these last two as they went to Teddy when they were most down - Rudy was a successful businessman before being swindled and losing it all in a shipping acquisition scam, Joe after also a not so successful business attempt. Even Alex King, was helped by Teddy when Alex was down and had to start all over again making and supplying charcoal to us. Teddy was also instrumental in getting the alumni of the fraternity become organized actively. He started regular meetings of alumni at Wally Mariano's Boots and Saddle Club in Q.C., where he would regularly meet the alumni (in a special place upstairs for us provided by brod Wally) not just for socials but to more effectively organize. This was referred to, in great fun, as the Impakto Club. Many luminary alumni went there to hobnob with us including General Picache who was the CEO of Asia Brewery at that time. Teddy also received and played hosts to brods often at his office - where I met for the first time other brods who are worth emulating and being role models like him. That's where I first met Joseph Madamba who was head of PCCARD at that time, Ed Quisumbing who was Agriculture Asst. Minister, Boni Castro, Vic Ramos the CEO of Phil. Match at that time and others I can not now recall. Its not a surprise that brod Jayjay found Teddy to be the indefatigable Grand Marshall of the Diamond Anniversary. Teddy was always enthusiastic at whatever he decided to do. And in his prime of health, he exuded great energy. He may have been small in stature but had a very vigorous physique in his younger years and a charm some women teased him as being "JFKyesque". It was sad seeing how frail he had become as his health deteriorated lately. I last saw him when they organized that send-off for foreign-based brods last July 2006 at Makati. As usual, Teddy was in his element when he was with brods and former co-workers - just go see the pictures posted at the International website. It was also very fitting and fortuitous that our own alumni from FSDC organized a reunion to celebrate his birthday last January. Too bad I could not attend that, as it was not only well-attended but was a testimony again of how people who worked for him found truth in the values he preached to us. Among those prominent in the pictures were Bogs Cabanatan, Pat Roman and Buddy Curameng. It may have been well a great send-off for Teddy, for Teddy was not just a good Beta Sigman but was a good man. Despite his obvious partisanship for his brods and friends, he had a deep sense of fairness that endeared him and earn respect from every man and woman. He genuinely cared for all people who had worked for and with him. He also genuinely cared for the poor folks his projects were meant to help - from the farmers in remote areas we in one way helped or continued to inspire hope, to the urban poor of Payatas to whom he extended the offices of the Q.C. government. He drew a clear line between honoring the trust that people placed in him in relation to the authority he wielded and the job he had to do, from the abuse of that trust on account of friendships. There were so many fun times too I remember with Teddy. He loved food and was very much amused to find how large an appetite Boy Jaurigue and I shared with him. When he was with the Mayor's Office of Quezon City in the 1990s and I would visit, he would always order for large quantities of good food. And by this time being a widower, would organize karaoke parties with his former mentor and friend, Oddie Corpuz, volunteering to endlessly sing. He also invited me once to be a judge for a beauty pageant he organized for teen-age girls to promote environmentalism in Q.C. It's hard to be a judge, I realized, especially when one of the contestants is the daughter of your brod, he-he (Vic Palafox's daughter was one of them). And contestants and mothers were crying when their daughters lost as they were desperate to win the college scholarships that Teddy solicited as prizes. Teddy and Manny Alba, the City Manager, were the ones practically running the affairs of governance in Q.C. at that time. But Teddy was not only a good manager but a good soldier as well, as he tirelessly worked again to run social programs in Payatas. Teddy was just grateful for the opportunity to work and apply his many administrative talents, the way he had provided these to so many of us. But years of overwork soon took its toll as his body deteriorated. His spirits were kept up by so many friends and the occasional projects he would be asked to do - like helping out his old friend Vic Ramos with the project to rehabilitate the Carillon bells. Judz told me that Teddy had instructed that his send-off be simple and that his body be cremated. But as Gabby commented, Teddy's life was too exemplary and too productive to be simply be allowed to fade away. He is worth emulating as a brother, a friend, as a boss, a good citizen and paragon of good governance. More importantly for me, he was a good mentor. As Gabby said, and I repeat again to close this clumsy attempt at a paean to a good man I owe a lot to - Teddy not only gave us jobs, but more importantly values to live by. Farewell Teddy, you continue to live in our hearts. Pogs Gaspay *******
** Victor Ramos, UPD'62 [Eulogy in honor of Brod Teddy Rey, batch 62b, at the Holy Trinity Chapel, Paranaque, during the fraternity’s last rites, May 11, 2008]
To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die. This is how I feel about the death of Brod Teddy. We will miss his mortal presence around us. But we will always remember how he helped us, inspired us and left for us visions that we will continue to live with.
My first impression of him was during my ROTC days in the early sixties. Like many brods at the time, he was an officer of the corps. In spite of his height, he stood tall in front of his troops. I found it very inspiring to see Brod Teddy Rey command his troops with absolute control and precision in front of the grandstand in the sunken garden behind the library. The better when all the pretty sponsors are watching in full regalia during special occasions in the presence of UP President Carlos P. Romulo. Looking from the sidelines as one of the many student foot soldiers, it never failed to raise my spirits. No doubt, those ROTC pass-in-reviews were the most moving pageantry on campus in those days. I recall that Brod Teddy always competed for number one against another Brod, Mel Rosales, who continued to the PMA and would become one of our illustrious Generals and now Undersecretary of DILG.
Brod Teddy applied for admission to the fraternity in 1961 but his parents forced him to quit. He reapplied again the following year with 62b, the batch after mine, and got in with Brod Noli Nolasco and the other members of the Diamond Special batch.
After graduation at UP, he joined PAL as a management trainee and later manager. It was there that he learned and applied the latest trends in management systems, which served him in good stead as a technocrat in government.
Always in the lookout for talents, Brod Boy Morales pulled him out of the private sector and made him one of his deputies at RPC and later at the DAP. It was at DAP that he showed his creative instincts as a manager. He developed a program that brought affordable irrigation to the rural folks. The program was later spun off into the Farm Systems Development Corporation. It was his genius as a change agent that as he sensed improvement in the wellbeing of his communities, he would introduce new aspects of the program that would engage the community in activities that would ensure their sustainability.
It was this program that earned him the TOYM award from the JAYCEES in 1978. His managerial feats also caught the attention of President and Mrs. Marcos. He was a man to watch. In time he became one of the couple’s favorite problem solvers. When a food crisis hit Metro Manila, he was assigned to the Laguna Lake Development Authority to ensure that the supply base for fish in Metro Manila was sustained. When the power couple saw deficiencies in the youth program, he was consulted for immediate solutions. He became such an indispensable adjunct of the martial law regime that when it ended, he suffered a shock of separation from the love of his life –- public service. He worked on training programs and consultancies but it was not the same as seeing things develop among people that he served well. He suffered during those moribund years when such a great talent was laid to waste.
Mayor Mathay of Quezon City had the good sense to rescue him from his prolonged sabbatical. He was made a deputy administrator reporting to former Sec. Manny Alba helping manage the development programs of the city. Slowly he got back to his comfort groove as he worked closely on problems and with people.
When I took over as president of the frat’s alumni association, I asked him to join me in the board. He had some misgivings about the fraternity when he was still in government. He had the opportunity to give the resident brods a fraternity house in the condo units that were to be built near the campus but he was spurned by the resident brods. The political atmosphere at that time was ideologically charged and the residents understandably did not want to appear benefiting from the martial law regime. But all was well taken.
I appointed Brod Teddy to be the Grand Marshall of our Diamond Jubilee celebrations. I filled up the coffers of the fraternity with P1 million donations from my friends for alumni activities that would lead to the 60th year celebrations. He was in charged of its implementation. I will forever be indebted to him for a job well done. I knew he was very sickly but he labored day in and day out without complaining. Meanwhile, I had the luxury of traveling here and abroad inviting our alumni chapters to attend our Diamond Jubilee celebrations while he did the work at home. He just did not do the work, he also provided the very rich food during meetings and all the furniture to fill up the office space that Brod Jay Jay donated to the frat. I was asked why I gave too much work to him, knowing that he was already very sickly. I said that I wanted Brod Teddy to gift the fraternity with his talents especially during the sunset years of his life. Now we can associate him with the most successful Diamond Jubilee celebration, which he brought about. It was the first UP celebration that brought together the brods from the other schools, not as guests but as awardees and participants. It was a celebration of unity for the fraternity.
One cannot judge life until death, just as one must wait for the sunset to see the full splendor of the day.
To me, Brod Teddy Rey earned a glorious death because he had served his country and fraternity well. We are not remembered by assuming high positions in government or the private sector. We are remembered only when we have touched and made a difference in other people’s lives.
He did that for the more than 50,000 poor families that he served with his rural development program. These poor folks may no longer remember the name of this dark and smiling face that brought them water and improved their well-being. But it is enough for us to remember that he brought hope where there was none, a future where there was only deprivation. He lit the candle for these people instead of just cursing the darkness. A public servant in our country is worth nothing until he had contributed to the reduction of poverty among our people – the greatest social challenge in our lifetime. In my book, Brod Teddy stands tall in this regard.
More apparent to us in the fraternity is the legion of brods that he inspired under his wing. Indeed, a generation of brods feels blessed for having the fortune of serving under his leadership. I never fail to be amazed by how he tamed some of these wild stallions into prominent leaders in their own rights. One such fellow was Brod Pogs Gaspay – a wild one in his younger days. Brods remembered Pogs for inviting them to throw stones at his own house to pester his own father. When Brod Teddy sent him for training in Bangkok, he assaulted one of the participants who happened to be a member of the Royal Family. He had to be spirited out of country for his own safety. This is what Pogs, who went on to earn a Ph.D. at Stanford University, has to say about his former boss: “I was Teddy’s constant pain in the butt as I always played the Devil’s Advocate and always argued. But he must have respected my mind and knew my heart as he kept promoting me and seemed to consider my inputs. He would though alternately dress me down in meetings and privately tell me that whenever I disagreed that I should discuss it with him privately first. He kept reminding me about the virtue of organizational discipline and chains of command and he was grateful when I finally would be silent and accepted his directives – for he knew that when I said I would do it that I would unfailingly deliver. Perhaps he reminded me about his kid brother who also was not apt to listen and not to stay confined within the straight and narrow path. (That is effective management in a nutshell.)
To continue with Pogs’ memoirs: “His top management cadres were filled by many brods – at FSDC there was Hannibal Manikan his childhood friend and unparalleled field operator, Gilbert Dulay our financial whiz, Val Guanio our legal brain trust, Boy Jaurigue the cool “relax lang, aayusin natin yan, akong bahala kay Teddy” operator, Cyrus Fagar the can-do “whatever it takes, just tell me your targets” kid, Mang Bob Pecson aka “Clark Kent in another disguise” special programs man.
"Bogs Cabanatan was the Enforcer, Pat Roman was the Big Ideas Man, Ven Atienza was the Systems geek, Bart Gacad, Jun Soriano, Buddy Curameng, Teddy Martinez and Emiboi Roman were Teddy’s storm troopers. In my own supply management staff were Joe Bautista, Andy Jose and Mon Lee. Others were placed in various units like Bimboy Yap, Venny Deang, Boyet Fernandez, Ross Fernando, Caloy Belleza, Efren Sabularse, Jec Marquez, Sher Gacho, Drigs Bayot and Raul Lopez. Dan Lachica first worked for FSDC before embarking on his very successful career in the high tech management arena.
"He was kind to brods especially when they were down. Joe Agulto and Rudy Angala (after losing his business) were placed on board at the Ministry of Human Settlements when they needed it most. Similarly, Alex King was helped by Teddy when Alex was down and had to start all over again. He was to supply charcoal to us.” (End of Pogs Gaspay’s remembrances.)
At the end of our days we have to come home to where we started. Wherever in the world fortune may have thrown us, we should go back to where we belonged. As a wise man said: “No matter what road I travel, I am going home.” For many of us, that home is the Beta Sigma Fraternity. We therefore welcome Brod Teddy in our memories. A Beta Sigman never dies because he will always live in the hearts of his brothers the world over. *******
**E-mail messages, collated by Pogs Gaspay ============================================================================================= From: mgaspay@sbcglobal.net Subject: Re: {UPBSF International} Re: BROD TEDDY REY '62 - Patriot; TOYM Awardee;Technocrat Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 23:30:32 -0700 To: tatang_up@hotmail.com Brod, Here are some of the e-mails from our former staff who testify how they were positively touched by Teddy's exemplary leadership. I also include some from brods who were struck by the extraordinariness of his service orientation. Pogs =============================================================================================
***From somewhere in the East Coast: From: boyadajet@yahoo.comSubject: Re: [FSDCfamily] Re: Let us pray for TCR Date: May 9, 2008 4:59:53 PM PDT To: FSDCfamily@yahoogroups.comReply-To: FSDCfamily@yahoogroups.comBAKIT GANOON ANG BUHAY...KAILAN LANG ANG FSDC REUNION...ETO NA ANG BALITA...INIWAN NA TAYO NG ISANG DAKILANG TAO SA MATA NG MGA TAGA-FSDC., MARAMING SALAMAT SA PAG-BALITA NYO SA AMIN DITO SA STATE...BUKAS AY PUPUNTA AKO SA KAIBIGAN KONG PARING SI REV. FR. EFREN V. ESMILLA (NAGCARLAN, LAGUNA) PASTOR NG OUR LADY OF HOPE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH DITO SA PHILADELPHIA, PARA SA MISA PARA KAY TCR. MULA SA PAMILYANG AROCENA - REYES DITO SA PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA TAOS PUSO KAMI NAKIKIRAMAY SA KANYANG PAMILYA.
***From Rome: From: paul.gwen@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [FSDCfamily] Let us pray for TCR Date: May 9, 2008 8:35:04 AM PDT To: FSDCfamily@yahoogroups.com Reply-To: FSDCfamily@yahoogroups.com Dear Cecile, Paul and I were shocked by the news-he was to young to die. TCR and the FSDC have been a better part of my life and I will always be in my mind and heart. I owe my post FSDC life to FSDC. Please extend our deepest sympathy to TCR's family. Yesterday morning, I attended a departmental meeting and we discussed the AF department guiding principles. I gave my ideas about them and told the group that the 5 guiding principles reminded me of the 10 general directives that TCR issued (AF's set of guiding principles is no comparison). Can't believe that, whilst I was talking, TCR was going or already gone. Unconsciously, it was my way of giving tribute to him by proudly talking about the directives. I hope somebody who remembers the 10 general directives (or even some of them) would publish them in memory of TCR. I would be happy to share them with my colleagues here in FAO. Regards Gwen
***From Manila: From: mimat445@yahoo.comSubject: Re: [FSDCfamily] Let us pray for TCR Date: May 9, 2008 6:47:32 AM PDT To: FSDCfamily@yahoogroups.comReply-To: FSDCfamily@yahoogroups.comhi cecile, i am so sad to hear the news about teddy rey. i would like to request you if you can put again on this website his speech during your reunion. i tried opening the video you put up of him delivering the speech, but somehow it keeps stopping at the beginning. it doesn't have to be on video. i just want to read what his last message was. i am really sorry to hear this. thanks mima
***From Southern California: From: piecruz@msn.comSubject: RE: [FSDCfamily] Re: Let us pray for TCR Date: May 8, 2008 10:50:40 AM PDT To: fsdcfamily@yahoogroups.comReply-To: FSDCfamily@yahoogroups.comThanks for the info. We will have masses said here for the repose of the soul of our beloved Mr. Rey. He was really the glue that kept us all in one family. Mabuhay, Mr. Rey!! Pie Cruz and Family :-)
***From Manila: From: euclidessol@yahoo.comSubject: [FSDCfamily] Re: Let us pray for TCR Date: May 8, 2008 6:41:17 PM PDT To: FSDCfamily@yahoogroups.comReply-To: FSDCfamily@yahoogroups.comDear FSDC Friends, Thank you for informing me about TCR's death. I'd like to extend my condolences to TCR's family. Let us all pray for the repose of his soul. Amen. Let us continue what we began last January in deference to TCR's memory and legacy to us. Best regards to all, Clid
***From Laguna: From: marlynfernando@yahoo.comSubject: Re: [FSDCfamily] Let us pray for TCR Date: May 9, 2008 3:41:33 PM PDT To: FSDCfamily@yahoogroups.comReply-To: FSDCfamily@yahoogroups.comThe FSDC Family hosted last night's mass for TCR. Some of our FSDC friends who came last night - Meg, Edna, Ida, Pat Roman, Bobot Mendoza, Buddy Curameng, Gerry David and wife,Mon Gelvezon, Benjie Sabado and Fidel Larracas of Engineering, Jake Balgos, Doc Palabyab, Vic Ortega, Ariel Ortilla, Mario Mendoza and wife, Ross and I ( Sorry if I missed some - senior moment?). Babes was there earlier and she fixed a small photo gallery - TCR and his family, his FSDC days and post FSDC days. We were told that Mr. Locsin also came earlier. His post FSDC colleagues were likewise there to pay their last respects - Mr. Manuel Alba, Mel Mathay, TCR's SMILE group, among others. There are no details yet as to the date of the interment. Philipp and TCR's siblings are expected to arrive anytime. As per Gwen's suggestion, I will print the FSDC general directives one of these days. Again, let us offer prayers and masses for TCR. Marlyn
***From Iloilo: From: trelborja@yahoo.comSubject: Re: [FSDCfamily] Let us pray for TCR Date: May 9, 2008 6:49:36 PM PDT To: FSDCfamily@yahoogroups.comReply-To: FSDCfamily@yahoogroups.comdear all, we (those of us who co-founded an NGO -TOUCH Foundation- in 1986 shortly before our dissolution in 1987) adopted fsdc's directives. yes gwen, i agree with you - FSDC made us! thanks to TCR. he will be with us always. for fsdc6 people, i hope we can hear mass together tomorrow at XU chapel, 6:30 am trel b
***From Manila: From: cfjose277@yahoo.comSubject: [FSDCfamily] Re: TCR's speech Date: May 9, 2008 9:50:53 PM PDT To: FSDCfamily@yahoogroups.comReply-To: FSDCfamily@yahoogroups.comHi Mima! Tagal ko na gusto i-upload yung speech ni TCR but can't. Try ko again, I really wanted to share with all you guys his speech, TCR na TCR, in his element. I even considered using youtube but felt it was something personal - kung baga for the FSDC family members only. I'll have his speech transcribed and post it soonest. Warm regards, Cecile
***From Lucena City: From: jecnesm@yahoo.comSubject: {UPBSF International} Re: teddy rey Date: May 8, 2008 9:00:16 AM PDT To: up-beta-sigma-fraternity-international-@googlegroups.comReply-To: up-beta-sigma-fraternity-international-@googlegroups.comMy condolence to Judge Rey. Teddy is one good boss in the FSDC during the Marcos years. jec upd-69a
***From Seattle: From: sluggor@hotmail.com Subject: {UPBSF International} Re: Teddy Rey Date: May 8, 2008 12:41:26 PM PDT To: up-beta-sigma-fraternity-international-@googlegroups.com Reply-To: up-beta-sigma-fraternity-international-@googlegroups.comDear Brods, What a shock and big loss! At a sad time like this, there are no words to describe our collective grief. Brod Teddy was a die-hard Betan who had exemplified the finest in an exalted brotherhood. My deepest condolences. --Sluggo Rigor
***From Cebu: From: renederueda@yahoo.comSubject: {UPBSF International} Re: Fwd: Teddy Rey,Jr Date: May 8, 2008 9:41:44 PM PDT To: up-beta-sigma-fraternity-international-@googlegroups.comReply-To: up-beta-sigma-fraternity-international-@googlegroups.comTo the bereaved family of brod Ted Rey and brod Judz: My sincere condolences for the death of our dear brother- Ted Rey. I pray for for the eternal repose of his soul. I knew brod Rey to be a die hard u.p. beta sigman and a very good technocrat/ manager during his days in fsdc and dap. He was a big help to brod vic ramos' works that led to the successful celebration of the up beta sigma fraternity's 60th anniversary. May his dedication to public service and good governance be emulated by the fraternity, especially the younger members of our beloved fraternity. God bless his soul and God bless his family! Rene, uplb '64
***From LA: From: sonnypgdr@yahoo.comSubject: {UPBSF International} Brod} Re: Teddy Rey Date: May 8, 2008 10:06:52 PM PDT To: up-beta-sigma-fraternity-international-@googlegroups.comReply-To: up-beta-sigma-fraternity-international-@googlegroups.comBrod Judz and the Rey Family, Edith and myself extend our heartfelt condolence on the passing of Brod Teddy.I had the rare opportunity and priviledge to have met him personally for the first and the last time when I was in Manila last month. He attended a meeting of alumni brods hosted by Brod Pat Roman at the UP Diliman Executive House.He was referred to by Brod Pat as "our adviser".Indeed, in this rare ocassion I witnessed the wisdom,the grit, the dedication and the energy despite the obviously frail and weak physique that had made Teddy Rey a legend to us all. I approached him after the meeting to introduce myself and to tell him how honored I was to finally have met him personally. And he then gave me a tight hug. Brod Judz, we offer our prayers for Brod Teddy and to your family so that you may overcome this time of sorrow soon. Betanly, Brod Sonny Pagador
***From Manila: From: rollyreyes@mac.comSubject: {UPBSF International} Re: Teddy Rey Date: May 9, 2008 8:44:07 AM PDT To: up-beta-sigma-fraternity-international-@googlegroups.comReply-To: up-beta-sigma-fraternity-international-@googlegroups.comBro judz, A sad moment in betan history... I will always remember brod teddy as a gentleman who was quietly courageous in battling his sickness yet consistently poured out whatever’s left of his energy for anything betan. Our hearts bleed for this man. Brod teddy, proud to be associated with you. rolly ‘66
***From Amsterdam: Lillian le Noble lillian_elagdon_lenoble@yahoo.com Subject: [upprep54] the late teddy rey, jr To: Norman Bituin <norman.bituin@sce.com> Here's what has been shared in the UP Prep egroup. Teddy Rey is Class '60 together with Ed Soliman & Hannibal Manikan. My condolences for the loss of yet another brod and my prayers, too. And thank you also for your prayers for Marivel Topacio Aro.
Always, Lillian
We were glad that Ted joined the group for dinner last Apr 30. We knew he was sickly and was in and out of the hospital. He was so frail but still managed to make it to the affair on his own. No one had an inkling that that would be the last time we would see him alive. He even suggested that we meet regularly every month as a group which was well taken by everyone present. I remember Mel Rosales mentioning that we don't know what the next moment is so let us make the most of our time. According to Efren, Ted suffered his first heart attack in the 80's. He was under the care of Espie after that but Ted, stubborn as he was neglected his health. Pag may naramdaman lang saka nagpapatingin sa duktor. pinagagalitan nga daw ni Espie siya sabi ni Efren. He passed away peacefully in his home last May 8, in the afternoon. Anyway he was a widower, His wife died of kidney failure several years after a succesful kidney transplant. He left three children and a number of grandchildren. (I don't have the exact info). Ted was in the government service heading several gov't agencies during the Marcos regime. He was a TOYM (Ten Outstanding Young Men) awardee for farm systems. He organized and headed the Farm System Dev't Corp. (FSDC). After that he was appointed the head of the Laguna Lake Dev't Agency (?) (LLDA). After Marcos was deposed, he continued his stint in gov't as a consultant to the Quezon City Municipal gov't office of the mayor. He had many worthwhile projects but was never in politics and he never enriched himself although he had many opportunity to do so. He is a UP Vanguard (ROTC) Member and a UP Beta Sigma Fratman. He was involved in the UP Centennial Celebration, particularly the rehabilitation of the UP Carillon Tower. These are a few info I could share of the life of our classmate TEDDY REY, Jr.
**More E-mail messages from BETANS, collated by Norman Bituin
*===============================================================================* Subject: Fw: {UPBSF International} teddy rey From: Norman.Bituin@sce.com Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 08:55:22 -0700
Judz returned my call. The viewing, from what he knows, will be at Trinity Chapel in Las Pinas. Probably be cremation, he said, but no definite day yet for the interment. Judz is trying to get a flight tomorrow. Ted's daughter or son in LA is also getting a flight so they can't nail the exact date yet.
I told Judz about our fun days with Ted at RPC and how much we think of his brother. I said Ted and Ding Navarro interviewed me at RPC, my first job after I got my MBA; and that I was always thankful to them for getting me aboard.
Norman Bituin *===============================================================================*
To Brod "Judge" & the Rey Family, The UP Beta Sigma Fraternity of Southern CA sends its heartfelt condolences to you and your whole family at this time of sadness and celebration and assurance that our beloved Brod Teddy Rey is now at home and at peace with Our Maker. We will all miss Brod Teddy, however, we have been very fortunate to have shared with him such a wonderful and fulfilling life during his tenure here in this earth. We will continue to pray for his soul and for continued strength within the Rey family as we all mourn the passing of our beloved Brod Teddy. We thank the whole Rey family for sharing the life of our Brod Teddy.
Frank Mamaril GP, UPBSF Southern California *===============================================================================*
It's 130am. Just got home and shocked to read the news about Brod Teddy. Just for your info ... Brod Teddy supplied all the furniture of the Secretariat. he also worked "TIRELESSLY" .... I REPEAT ... "TIRELESSLY: with sincere dedication and outmost humility to see to it that our 60th anniversary went smoothly. He was always there during the alumni meetings. I am shocked !! and TRULY SAD to hear this !! Brod Vic Ramos gave the responsiblity to Brod Teddy to be the overall "GRAND MARSHALL" of our 60th anniversary. This was a big task for the "right" individual ! We all knew that Brod Teddy was sick during the months leading to the anniversary. YET .... he worked hard, attended all the meetings, presided all the meetings, argued, laughed, teased, joked with all of us during those stressful months and days leading to that anniversarry evening. HE REALLY DID CARE FOR THE FRATERNITY !! God Bless Brod Teddy and his dedication to the fraternity and his love of country !
Brod JJ Jayme *===============================================================================*
Brod Judz/Mely & The Rey Family....
Eva & I extend our sincerest condolence on Brod
Teddy Rey's death.
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Brod Judz and the Rey Family, We extend our prayers and condolences to you and the Rey Family. May Teddy's soul rest in peace and his memory remain with us.
Bong Beredo GP, UP Beta Sigma Northern California *===============================================================================*
To Judz & family, May I share with you the grief and sorrow for the demise of Ka-batch Brod Teddy "Superman" Rey, UP'62B "Diamond-Special." His "grit and determination" during our initiation was a great influence for all the batch mates to survive the challenges of becoming a Betan. With prayers for the eternal rest of his soul.
Noli Nolasco UP'62B "Diamond-Special"
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My condolence to Brod Judz and the family. Brod Teddy is one great loss for all of us. He will be remembered as a true and loyal Betan. May his soul rest in peace. God bless.
manolo banzon *===============================================================================*
Condolence to Judz Rey and Brod Teddy Rey's
family.
*===============================================================================* To The Family Of Brod Ted Rey, My personal condolence and prayers for the repose of his soul. Truly the end of an era. Brod Ted was so close to brod Horacio Morales, almost like his shadow, along with brod Mat Castanos. His batch came after ours and I knew him in Diliman as a true blue Betan.
Winston M. Acevedo, '61- Diliman *===============================================================================*
To the family of Brod Teddy Rey UPD'62, *===============================================================================*
ka-batch judz, my deepest condolences to the untimely demise of brod teddy rey.
art atega - 68A *===============================================================================*
To Brod Judz and the Rey Family, My family and I joins the entire Betan community in mourning of the passing of our dear Brod Teddy. "May eternal rest grant unto him, O, Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace". Amen.
Art De Vera Canada Chapter *===============================================================================*
Dear Judz and the Rey family,
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Brod Judz at sa pamilya ni Brod Teddy, lubos na
nakikiramay sa panahong ito ng matinding kalungkutan.
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Judz, *===============================================================================*
Judz,
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Brod Judz and the Rey family, *===============================================================================*
Brod Judz,
I am sorry to hear the news of Teddys passing. The whole fraternity shares your loss.
Babes Ignacio *===============================================================================*
It is always
sad and depressing to hear the passing of a Betan - especcially of one as
notable and loyal as Brod Ted. My family and I will share the sorrow and
will pray for his soul. *===============================================================================*
Brods- *===============================================================================*
our lost, god's gain. *===============================================================================*
My heartfelt condolences and sincere sympathies to Brod Judz and the family of our late Brod Teddy Rey. May his good soul rest in peace.
veedevera'67 *===============================================================================*
Brods, It saddens me very much over the passing away of Brod Teddy Rey. Truly, and together with other Brods who just left us, they were the pillars of our beloved fraternity. My sincerest condolences to Brod Judz.
Klinks '67a *===============================================================================* Brod Teddy Rey and I spent many years together, first as classmates in the Advanced ROTC Course in UP (Class 1964, together with Brods Ed Soliman, Wally Dumaual, Andrew Cayetano, and Mel Rosales -- who went to the PMA just before our class took over the reins of the UP Corps of Cadets), then as co-workers in the Responsible Parenthood Council (RPC, together with Brods Boy Morales, Milton Mendoza, Jun Gomez, Tatang Vergara, Boyet Fernandez, Boy Ganza, the late Papu Leynes), and the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP, with practically the same brods who were with us in RPC), before he spun off the BISA Program into the Farm Systems Development Corporation (FSDC). In all of these organizations, Teddy was one of the most effective managers, eliciting the loyalty, respect and admiration of his co-workers, as well as his superiors. Hence, he truly deserved his 1978 TOYM award. We will surely miss him, both as a Brother and co-workers. But as my ka-batch, Wally R. said, Teddy's untimely demise is "our loss, God's gain".
Ding Navarro (UPD '63) *===============================================================================*
Dear Brod Judz, Betanly yours, Manny Casaclang UP 84c *===============================================================================*
Brod Judz,
My father (Ted'49) and I would like to convey our deepest condolences to you and your family for Brod Teddy's passing away. I called my father last night to inform him of Brod Teddy's last rites but he said he will not be able to go because he could not find somebody to drive for him. Medyo hirap na kasi ang tatay ko to drive during the night. If I may, I would like to take this opportunity to share with you and the Brods of UPBSFI how I met and remember Brod Teddy. The very first time I met Brod Teddy was during that "week-long" Irene and Greggy wedding celebration in Ilocos Norte back in 1982 (??). I was one of the "rookies" working for the Dept. of Tourism-Philippine Convention Bureau at that time and we were assigned the be the "Secretariat" for this grand event. I was in charge of checking certain accommodation locations for all the government dignitaries. As I was checking one of the inns in San Nicolas, I recognized Brod Teddy quietly working on voluminous documents in one one of the tables at the hotel terrace. Ater verifying with the security detail for that inn, if the man was indeed "the" Teddy Rey, I approached him and politely introduced myself as a Beta Sigman, batch 77 from Diliman. Right away his serious demeanor changed with a smile as he warmly shook my right hand . I guess hearing my last name also helped paved the way for a light conversation that lasted at least 15 minutes. Knowing he had work to do, I excused myself. He then casually said "Brod, ikamusta mo na lang ako sa daddy mo..." Thereafter, I saw Brod Teddy in almost all the major alumni fraternity events I attended and each time I would hear various accolades from Brods not only his accomplishments but also his dedication to our beloved fraternity. One encounter I will never forget was back in 2001(?) when I went with Brods Boy Jaurigue and Pat Roman to Brod teddy's birthday celebration at the QC City Hall. That time he was running the SMILE program he conceptualized and initiated for then Mayor Mel Mathay. We came from Capitol Hills that time after playing a round of golf with other Brods. Hindi ko makakalimutan kasi Brod Boy Jaurigue was already quite inebriated na sinampa pa niya yung kotse niya in one of the islands sa City Hall. That minor accident did not even fazed Brod Pat Roman who was so engrossed with telling me their good old times with Brod Teddy at FSDC. When we finally walked into Brod Teddy's office, ang daming tao!! I saw that Brod Teddy was happy to see us and quickly led us to a private room where he asked one of his staff to bring in alimango, sugpo and all the other special dishes from the long table outside. I recall former Cabinet Secretary Manny Alba later joined us. Needles to say, we feasted on the food and drank some more as I eagerly listened to some more FSDC and LLDA stories & anecdotes which all confirmed Brod Pogs' own stories and sidebars in our monthly Makati chapter meetings at Cafe Rizal. . The last time I saw Brod Teddy was during the 60th anniversary celebration two years ago where I saw that he was happy in the company of his Brods. I don't know him that well but from all the stories I have heard I believe that aside from his work, Brod Teddy is happiest in the company of Brods. Brods like Teddy Rey makes me proud I am a Beta Sigman. I can only echo the words of Brod Pogs when he said that he will continue to live in our hearts.
Yay Topacio 77A, UP Diliman *===============================================================================*
My sincere sympathy for the early demise of Brod Teddy Rey. May our Heavenly Father and Beloved Saviour Jesus Christ bless and comfort the family of Brod Rey in this time of sorrow and comfort. Fraternally,
Adolf Acorda '63 of Jacksonville *===============================================================================*
Brod Judz and the Rey Family, and Beta Sigma
brods, we share with you in this time of grief... *===============================================================================*
To Judz and
the Rey family--In this time of your bereavement, my family shares your
grief and offer our prayers. *===============================================================================*
To Brod Judz and the Rey family, I join my batchmates (' 63) and the rest of the Betans in expressing my shock, profound sadness and condolences on the untimely death of Teddy. The last time I brushed shoulders with him was way back in 1964 when I left the Diliman campus for the Herran-Padre Faura complex. From the email postings I've read, his accomplishments and legacy made him stand head and shoulders above most of us. Despite his physical stature, he is indeed a pillar and a giant among us, members of this great fraternity and to the rest of the community.. "Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away". Teddy's many momentous accomplishments have certainly taken our breaths away; accomplishments that a lot of us could only dream of. We pray that our loving Father grant him eternal peace and joy in Heaven.
Angie Ouano upd '63 *===============================================================================*
Coincidentally with recollecting and imprinting
the contributions of Brod Teddy Rey to us and the people he served, I
happen to read a news item of Teddy's demise in one of the local
newspapers. Only after reading Brod Vic's eulogy did it occur to me that
something was missing in that local news item, and which I now assess is
usually forgotten to be mentioned, pertinently with the ocassion, in a
public notice of a brod's demise. Missing is something like, or to the
effect reading as "____, Beta Sigman". *===============================================================================*
Hahahaha!!!! Naaliw ako sa sinabi ni Brod Vic.
A very apt description of your wild young years... i agree one hundred
percent. willie nep 69a *===============================================================================*
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