 Aguilar, a master mariner by profession and a former harbor pilot of the Port of General Santos City, and Mrs. Susana R. Aguilar, an education graduate and business entrepreneur, combined their resources to give rise to the only maritime school then in the SOCSKSARGEN area, one of the growth centers in Southern Mindanao.During the initial year of operation, the school rented two separate buildings in the downtown area of General Santos City.In June 1981, the school transferred to its new campus at Crossing Makar.