THE family of the late journalist Nestor Reyes Mata has donated his collection of books and other historical memorabilia to the main library of the University of Santo Tomas.
Mata’s name is etched in Philippine history as the lone survivor of the plane crash that killed former president Ramon Magsaysay in 1957. The university named the former an outstanding alumnus some years ago.
The turnover from the Mata family to the Royal and Pontifical University was formalized on Wednesday, June 14, as the prefect of UST Libraries Fr. Angel A. Aparicio OP received the donation at the UST Miguel de Benavides Library lobby.
There, Fr. Aparicio met Mata’s son Jan and his siblings in a formal signing ceremony for the donations.
UST officials revealed the plan to name a portion or section of the library’s fifth-floor level as the “Nestor Mata Reading Room.”
In past decades Mata served as a professorial lecturer on foreign affairs at the university’s Faculty of Arts and Letters, upon the invitation and insistence of former rector magnificus Rev. Fr. Frederik Fermin OP who was one of the most admired and beloved UST officials.
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Books, memorabilia of journalist-teacher Nestor R. Mata donated to UST library
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