Gov. Alfonso D. Tan College started as Tangub City College.

It
was born during the late Mayor Alfonso D. Tan of Tangub City. The
sympathetic mayor saw the inability of many of his constituents to
send their children to colleges in Ozamiz City due to rising cost of
tuition fees and other related expenses. He thought of a simple
solution: let the city government operate a college, which offers
courses at affordable rates.
That provision was acted upon instantly. By virtue of City
Ordinance No. 15 entitled ‘’An Ordinance Providing for the
Establishment and Maintenance of a City College in Tangub City’’,
otherwise known as Tangub City College Charter of 1984, the college
opened its door on June 1, 1984 to more than 200 pioneering
students. The College flourished with more and more students from
different places discovering the school and new qualified instructors
joining the college. In 1992, Mayor Philip T. Tan, nephew of GADTC’s
founder was elected as mayor. As new President of the College,
vowed to improve the College’s Facilities and to raise the standards of
the school. Computer units were purchased and computer instructors
were hired to teach and to upgrade the college standing in terms of
modernization. More books were purchased the library and more
laboratory equipment were procured. Through the efforts of Mayor
Philip T. Tan, Tangub City won the bid to hold the Palarong Pampook
1997. GADTC being housed in the sports complex had a year of
construction fever that resulted in the face lifting of the building,
premises, grounds and sports venues. After the games, while waiting
for new building to be erected, GADTC welcomes its new batch of
students. From 1997 up to the present, myriads of accomplishments
have been achieved by GADTC. At the present the college still bears
the name – Gov. Alfonso D. Tan College, stamped in its wavering
green flag which emblematize its excellence and pride with myriads of
accomplishments achieved. GADTC continue to uplift the life of each
individual, building their dreams and realizing their visions to be the
light of the world.