Professor Emeritus
Department of Linguistics
University of the Philippines, Diliman
29 April 1947 - 01 December 2019
It is with a sad heart that we announce the passing of Professor Emeritus Jonathan Malicsi. He was supposed to give the final installment for the 2019 Philippine Indigenous Languages Lecture Series (PILLS), drawing from what he had learned from his major work among the Halitaq Baytan community.
Having served the University and the Department for more than half a century, Prof. Emeritus Malicsi had been the Department's Chair twice, Head of the President's Committee for Culture and the Arts (now OICA) for 17 years, first Convener of the Philippine Linguistics Congress, and a member of the first batch of the UP Madrigal Singers.
A sought-after expert in Philippine linguistics and Philippine culture studies, he had mentored and trained countless students and educators from agencies and institutions both in the Philippines and abroad. Not his ailment nor his blindness could have prevented him from delivering the lecture to impart his knowledge and his love for languages, as well as continuing to teach his regular graduate classes.
The Department of Linguistics is one with Prof. Emeritus Malicsi's colleagues, students, friends, and loved ones in paying tribute to one of the great Filipino linguists, who spent his whole life studying Philippine languages and teaching many more to carry on his work. Paalam at maraming salamat po, Doc M.
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Prof. Emeritus Malicsi was one of the founding members of UGAT in 1977.
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Prof. Emeritus Malicsi's ashes will be at the Church of the Risen Lord, UP Diliman tomorrow (02 December 2019, Monday). Public viewing will start at 10:00PM.
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