[4] Dr. Mencias had been appointed Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Santo Tomas in 1936, and continued in that capacity when war broke out in December 1941 and when the Japanese forces firmed up their occupation of the Philippines in 1942.
He was married to Barbara Sacro of Batac, Ilocos Norte, and had six children: Rosario, Eleno, Pilar, Margarita, Bernardita, and Ramon.
[3] He purchased a parcel of land in San Juan, Rizal, in the 1930s, on the corner of P. Guevarra and A. Luna streets, and raised his family there.
[2] Dr. Mencias, already suspected to be one of the underground anti-Japanese guerillas preparing for the coming of the American liberation forces, was picked up by the Kempeitai in late January 1944, and was never heard from again.
He was a devoted administrator... Those of us who knew him and had the opportunity to work with him at the University will always remember him as a kind and simple man, deeply religious; and above all, he was never found wanting in the conduct of his public relations.