Central Philippine University

The School of Graduate Studies was formally opened in 1951 with Dr. Linnea A. Nelson as Dean. Dr. Nelson, holder of Ed.D degree from the University of California, Berkeley, had been a missionary in China from 1935 to 1949. In November, 1961, Dr. Leonard L. Bowman assumed duties as dean in the absence of Dr.Nelson, who was then on furlough. Dr. Leonard L. Bowman had been Dean of Education at the University of California at Santa Barbara before he came to the Philippines. Upon Dr. Elma S. Herradura’s return from a leave of absence, she assumed the deanship in November, 1968, and began creative expansion of the program of the school.