Emilie Green Johnston (1924-2011) is a significant figure to historians and researchers of Guam history. Along with Guam historian/professors Paul Carano and Marjorie Driver, Johnston helped found the College of Guam’s (now the University of Guam) first research center.
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Rosa Aguigui Reyes (1915-2007) is distinguished as being the first woman elected to the Guam Congress, in 1946. She was a pioneer in politics and in education. Reyes was born 7 February 1915 to Bienvenida Mata Tyquiengco and Ignacio Babauta Aguigui. She graduated from Agana High School before World War II.
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Mary Essie Underwood (1906-1998), also known as Sister Mary Inez, was one of the first three Sisters of Mercy from North Carolina who came to Guam in 1946 to establish a community of women religious and Catholic schools.
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Elizabeth Pangelinan Perez Arriola (1928 – 2002) is most widely recognized in Guam history for her stand on issues affecting the family. A six-term Guam senator, Arriola took tough stances against legalizing casino gambling and abortion, and championed legislation on a wide range of issues affecting Guam and its culture, focusing special concern on women, youth and senior citizens.
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Clotilde “Ding” Castro Gould (1930-2002) was a beloved storyteller, educator and advocate for Chamorro language and culture. Through her sense of humor and gift for weaving stories and songs together about Chamorros and life on Guam, Gould helped create and shape Chamorro language resources and programs on Guam, as well as advanced cultural awareness of the Marianas in the larger Pacific region.
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Notre Dame High School was established on Guam in 1968 by the School Sisters of Notre Dame, an order founded in 1833 in Germany by Blessed Mother Theresa of Jesus Gerhardinger. Although this college preparatory institution began as an all-female school, the school opened its doors to young men in 1995, making Notre Dame the first and only Catholic co-educational high school on Guam.
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Established in 1966 as Dededo Junior High School, Dededo Middle School was renamed Vicente S.A. Benavente Middle School on February 10, 1999. I Mina Bente Singko na Liheslaturan Guåhan/ the 25th Guam Legislature had passed a resolution supporting the then-Guam Board of Education’s intention to rename the school in honor of the educator turned civic leader.
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Established in 1961, the East Barrigada Elementary School was renamed the Pedro Camacho Lujan Elementary School by Public Law 9-221, enacted on 1 August 1968. In 1972, the school was formally dedicated in his honor.
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Maria Arceo Ulloa (1898 – 1968), a teacher and school administrator, was born in the village of Hagåtña, Guam on 25 December 1898 to Vicente Iglesias Arceo and Antonia Manglona Camacho. She was the eldest of nine children.
Luis Palomo Untalan Middle School, more commonly known as Untalan Middle School, was established in 1958 as Barrigada Junior High School. It was renamed in honor of the Guam teacher after a public law was passed and enacted on 22 October 1978.
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