MVP donates to Wharton School, establishes MBA Fellowship Fund

MANILA, Philippines — PLDT chairman, president and CEO Manuel V. Pangilinan has donated $1 million to his alma mater, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

His donation establishes the Manny V. Pangilinan MBA Fellowship Fund and supports the Tangen Hall Mechatronics Laboratory.

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 ASEAN countries and other international students.

The Tangen Hall houses the Mechatronics Lab, which provides great opportunities for students to conduct their research. The lab is a behavioral laboratory that supports data collection for behavioral research on business-related topics. In recognition of MVP’s generosity, a plaque –Manny V. Pangilinan WG ’68 – will be placed outside the Mechatronics Lab.

Thankful for the opportunity to assist his alma mater and its students, Pangilinan said there’s a lot of community spirit among Wharton graduates. He said he was only 19 years old when he attended The Wharton School through a scholarship grant. He graduated in 1968 with a Master’s degree in Business Administration.

In the Philippines, Pangilinan has been helping schools and universities as well as teachers and students through the companies under his leadership. For the past five years, he has funded 14 professorial chairs and four teaching and research grants at the University of the Philippines College of Engineering. He is also sponsoring a P4-million scholarship grant to students from San Beda University.