on august 8, 1990, the university's board of regents (bor) appointed alejandro fernandez, formerly a professor in the university of the philippines, as the first president of tsu. during this time, tsu was able to acquire its eight-hectare lot for a third campus in san isidro under a 50-year lease contract with the provincial government. upon the end of the term of fernandez, graduate school dean priscilla viuya was appointed as oic from february 28 up to mid-september 1994.