Dr. Jose De Guzman Tamayo and his wife Dr.

Josefina Laperal-Tamayo founded the Perpetual Help

College of Manila in 1968. The first campus was put up to help spur health and education development
in the province of Pangasinan. Dr. Antonio Laperal, the eldest son of Jose and Joselina, spearheaded the
establishment of the different campuses. This was followed by the establishment of the Perpetual Help
School of Laguna in 1976 and the Perpetual Help School of Laguna Foundation for Medicine and Health
Sciences, now known as the University of Perpetual Help- Dr. Jose G. Tamayo Medical University in
1977, both in Biñan, Laguna. Dr. Jose G. Tamayo, the Founding Father of the University of Perpetual Help
System, was named as the founding father of the institution. The university has campuses in Las Piñas,
Laguna and UPH-DJGT Medical University..