Liceo de Cagayan University

As a close family corporation, Liceo de Cagayan University is headed by a president who is appointed by a board of directors. It has a flat and lean administrative structure, making governance and management responsive, practical, and action-oriented.
The University has stood the test of time through a strong, dynamic, and competent leadership at the helm. Upholding the philanthropic vision to serve the educational need of the common man, Atty. Rodolfo N. Pelaez and his wife Elsa P. Pelaez founded this post-liberation institution in 1955. Succeeding Atty. Rodolfo N. Pelaez, who served as Director of Liceo de Cagayan, Dr. Jose Ma. R. Golez, was installed as the first University President in 1997, with a five-year term of office. In 2002, Dr. Rafaelita P. Pelaez was installed as the second University President and continued to pursue tirelessly the ideals and aspirations of the University’s reason for being. After five years, Dr. Mariano M. Lerin, CPA, was installed in 2007 as the third University president. He is the concurrent University President as of this writing.