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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Former Fresno State President Dr. Joseph Castro died astatine the property of 58.
His career-long message: beryllium bold.
“I pledge to marque definite the bequest of our assemblage is secure,” Castro told his archetypal pupil assembly successful 2013.
Now, helium leaves down his ain legacy.
He died Sunday aft battling cancer.
“President Castro's bequest is 1 of service, is 1 of inspiration, and it's 1 of truly being a beacon of hope,” Fresno County Supervisor Luis Chavez said.
Castro was Fresno State’s archetypal Latino president and the California State University system’s archetypal Latino chancellor.
Chavez says they worked unneurotic closely.
“He made Fresno and the Central Valley judge successful themselves erstwhile they did not needfully judge successful our metropolis and our valley,” Chavez said.
Castro was president of Fresno State from 2013 to 2020.
During that time, helium and his wife, Mary, created the Castro and Borges Family Basic Needs Endowment fund to marque assemblage much accessible.
“After his tenure, we had the highest graduation rates successful the country, particularly for first-generation assemblage students,” Chavez said.
Castro was past promoted to Chancellor implicit each California State universities.
However, helium resigned successful 2022 aft complaints that helium mishandled intersexual harassment allegations connected campus.
Fresno State sent a connection regarding his decease connected Monday, saying successful part, “While his tenure successful enactment included moments that prompted important conversations wrong our community, we people his passing with compassion and attraction for each who loved him."
Mary Borges Castro posted connected societal media Monday, thanking the assemblage for their enactment and saying, “He near this satellite knowing helium made a affirmative quality and that helium was loved.”
Castro closed his 2013 assembly saying, “I judge a agleam aboriginal is ahead. If we are consenting to beryllium proactive, creative, collaborative, strategic, and yes, bold.”
Chavez says the champion mode to grant Castro is to proceed being bold.
Mary Castro invites the assemblage to donate to the endowment fund in her husband’s memory.
