Dr. Corazon Lamug was perhaps the sociology professor we were most proud of when I took up the BA Sociology program at the College of Arts and Sciences of University of the Philippines at Los Banos.

Ma’am Lamug wasn’t a “terror”. But nobody doubted her competence and expertise. We were never surprised that a sociology professor, no less than Dr. Lamug, was later appointed associate dean and eventually dean of CAS. She never demanded respect; she commanded it and the people gave it to her unquestioningly for she earned it every single day.

As a sociology student, I was so happy that Ma’am Lamug became Dean Lamug and went on to oversee a college predominated by natural, biological, chemical, physical and mathematical sciences. It was a testament her prestige and standing in the university and this reflected well on the the BA Sociology program of which she was part of. With her stint as college dean, Dr. Lamug put a period on insinuations that sociology students were second-class members of the CAS studentry.