Emmanuel S Torres, 1932–2021 (Memo U2122-020)

 

 

With deep sadness, we inform the University community of the passing away of Emmanuel S Torres on 13 September 2021.
 
Eric Torres was the founding curator of the Ateneo Art Gallery and a former professor at the Department of English. His published works include three poetry collections and numerous monographs and essays on art. He was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men in 1961 and received the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature four times, all for his poetry. His art book Kayamanan: 77 Paintings from The Central Bank Collection (1981) received the Manila Critics Circle and Gintong Aklat awards in 1982. Held in high esteem by the arts and humanities community both locally and internationally, Professor Torres had also been a member of committees on art exhibits around the world.
 
Eric graduated from Ateneo de Manila University in 1954, received his MA from Iowa State University through a Fulbright scholarship in 1957, and was a member of the university’s faculty from 1958 until his retirement in 2003.
 
We request the Ateneo community to keep Emmanuel S Torres and his loved ones in your prayers.

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Eternal rest grant unto Eric, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.
May he rest in peace. Amen.