By BIN Staff | 03:08 PM July 08, 2020
Bar top-notcher and former Bohol OIC Governor Victor de la Serna died early this morning, Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
He was 78 years old.
Dela Serna’s wife Marybelle confirmed her husband’s death on dyRD’s Inyong Alagad on Wednesday.
The wife said the remains of the former OIC governor will be laid to rest on Wednesday.
De la Serna graduated from San Beda College of Law in 1965. He became the topnotcher of the bar examinations in the same year giving pride to Bohol as the first Boholano bar top-notcher.
He taught law at San Beda College and one of his students was President Rodrigo Duterte.
During the 2016 campaign sorties, Duterte said that Dela Serna was his favorite professor.
Dela Serna was also a delegate to the 1971 Constitutional Convention and was later on appointed OIC governor of Bohol following the 1986 EDSA revolution during the administration of former President Corazon Aquino.
In 1988, De la Serna passed the California State Bar and practiced law in the USA from 1989 and 1995.
The San Beda Law Alumni Association (SBLAA) voted unanimously to elevate De la Serna to the 2017 San Beda Law Hall of Fame, the highest recognition given by the San Beda Law to its Alumni who left an important legacy to the professional sector through their unceasing passion for service, thus becoming a source of great pride and inspiration for the Bedan Community and the Filipino.
De la Serna was among the 25 legal luminaries assembled by President Rodrigo Duterte to review the 1987 Constitution.
