Eulogy by Eugene F. Ramos Posted online 11:30 PM, 25 January 2018

 DR. RAMON F. ABARQUEZ (Photo by Dr. Jean Alcover-Banal)

Agnes, the children and grandchildren of Dr. Abarquez, good evening.

So many people have spoken and written about Dr. Abarquez since he died, but those are nothing compared to how we listened and looked up to him, sometimes in awe, when he was alive. Images–of how he would stand up, approach the microphone, and ask those insightful questions or share those aha moments–are still fresh in our minds and will stay alive in the years to come in conference halls where traditional thinking creates so much noise. We remember how he’d chuckle when people mistook his wisdom for mischief, and how he’d walk back to his seat with that characteristic gait and a grin on his face, perhaps amused that he was disturbing the equanimity of lesser beings.