HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
Dr. Antonio Laperal Tamayo, founder, and his wife, Dr. Daisy Moran Tamayo, co-founder, together with their friend, Ernesto Palanca Crisostomo, established on February 5, 1975 in Las Piñas City the Perpetual Help College of Rizal, now the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA Las Piñas.
The first school building consisting of four floors (the present hospital) was constructed in a remarkable record-breaking period of only four months. The school building was put up to house the College of Nursing. Around 700 nursing students were enrolled and a few were referrals from the Perpetual Help School in Manila. Perpetual was on its way to becoming a premier college South of Metro Manila.
The organizational structure of the former Perpetual Help College of Rizal has interwoven within its fabric, a closely-knit group of administrators and educators. The administrative expertise of Mr. Crisostomo, the educational and
supervisory proficiency of former Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila Acting President and the Perpetual — Biñan Fìrst Chancellor Benjamin L. Intal, and former Bureau of Private Schools Regional Director Teofilo Gallardo, were the fore front keys in the formulation of the institution. The other members of the founding group were the University’s First Chancellor, Dr. Grace R. De Leon whose loyalty supported the founders in meeting the challenges of organizational growth; the School Registrar, Dr. Perla R. Sope and the consultants, Emiliano Armas of the Ateneo De Manila University, Oscar Bautista of De La Salle University, and Col. Jose C. Moran, father of Dr. Daisy, a Certified Public Accountant and former President of the Continental Bank. Col. Moran facilitated the needed funds for the project through his friends and the Development Bank of the Philippines, where he served as its first manager of branches and agencies. In 1997, the Commission on Higher Education granted University status to the Perpetual Help College of Rizal which changed its name to the University of Perpetual Help System (UPHS). There are two subsystems of UPHS. These are the University of Perpetua! Help System DALTA and the University of Perpetual Help System JONELTA.
The University of Perpetual 1-leIp System JONELTA was founded and established by Dr. Jose G. Tamayo, with him as its first President and Chairman of the Board, with Co-Founder, Dr. Josefina Laperal Tamayo, as its Vice-Chairman and Treasurer. With both co-founders now deceased, the University of Perpetual Help System JONELTA is presently ably led by the first born of the founders, Dr. Antonio L. Tamayo. He le also the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of UPH System JONELTA, at the same time that he is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the UPH System DALTA which he founded together with his spouse, Dr. Daisy Moran Tamayo.
Dr. Antonio L. Tamayo, a full blooded Thomasian as he completed his basic education and bachelor’s degree from the only Royal Pontifical University, the University of Santo Tomas, earned his post-graduate courses in Hospital Administration at George Washington University in Washington D.C., supplemented with special studies on Hospital Management from Ateneo de Manila University, and a PhD in Organizational Development from the Southeast Asian Interdisciplinary institute.
On June 10, 2003, the helm of leadership of the University of Perpetual Help System. DALTA was transferred to Dr. Daisy Moran Tamayo as Second President.
Dr. Daisy Moran Tamayo, who is a registered nurse by Profession having finished her Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Silliman University, has a Master’s Degree in Nursing from New York University, USA. She is also a holder of a doctoral degree in Organization Development from the Southeast Asian Interdisciplinary Institute.
Complementing the leadership and management functions of Dr. Antonio L. Tamayo arid Dr. Daisy M. Tamayo are their two Sons, Anthony Jose and Richard Antonio who are both outstanding cum laude graduates of the University of the Philippines.
Anthony Jose M. Tamayo assumed presidency of the UPHSD campuses on January 2010. He is a Certified Public Accountant, an MBA degree holder- from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and a Master in Education degree from Harvard University.
Likewise, Richard Antonio M. Tamayo was appointed as President of the University of Perpetual Help DALTA Medical Center. He finished his Master of Business in Hospital Administration at the Ateneo de Manila University.
In subsequent years, UPHSD established three branches or campuses, as well as several agri-businesses which were later incorporated into the DALTA Group of Companies. The Three units of UPHSD are located in Las Piñas City, in Molino, Cavite; and in Calamba City in Laguna. It also has a Medical Center in Las Piñas City.
The University of Perpetual Help System DALTA Molino Campus was established and inaugurated in May 1995 with an Initial enrolment of seven hundred students. Just a year after, the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA Calamba Campus was established and inaugurated initially with 360 enrollees.
In 2011, the institution set up its mission school, the University of Perpetual Help earning Center in Brgy, Matabang, Abra de Ilog, Mindoro Occidental, to provide the Mangyans, the indigenous people of the place, access to education through functional literacy and skills training programs for sustainable livelihood as well as medical and health care.
The University of Perpetual Help System DALTA subscribes to the institutional philosophy that national development and transformation is predicated upon the quality of education of its people. It is committed to the ideals of teaching, community service and research, with Character Building is Nation Buildings as its guiding principle. It is continuing in its efforts to achieve its objective of maintaining and sustaining excellence in education. It has instituted an extensive network of national and international linkages in Higher Education and Business. It has established its indelible Perpetualite identity as it steadfastly enshrines its Perpetualite values and aspirations.