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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Former Fresno State president and California State Chancellor Dr. Joseph I. Castro has passed away, his wife, Mary Castro, confirmed Monday.
"Thank you for the galore expressions of emotion and appreciation you person showered our household with during the past week. He near this satellite knowing helium made a affirmative quality and that helium was loved," she wrote.
He passed distant connected August 24, astatine 58 years old, aft battling cancer, his household confirmed.
Dr. Castro served arsenic the eighth president of California State University, Fresno from 2013 until 2020, erstwhile helium was promoted to Chancellor. Fresno State says helium made past arsenic the archetypal Latino to service arsenic president of Fresno State and the archetypal vale native, Californian, and Latino to pb the California State University strategy arsenic Chancellor.
"I volition ever retrieve him arsenic a leader, a beacon of hope, an inspiration and existent alteration agent/leader successful our community! That’s uncommon nowadays and that volition beryllium his legacy," Fresno County Supervisor Luis Chavez wrote.
The assemblage adds that Dr. Castro launched initiatives that pushed students to occurrence and championed first-generation students.
Current president of Fresno State, Dr. Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval, released a connection that work 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.
Our hearts spell retired to his wife, Mary, their children, and each those who are mourning his loss.
As is customary erstwhile a erstwhile president passes, the assemblage volition little its flags to half-staff successful representation of Dr. Joseph I. Castro.
To work much astir Dr. Castro's beingness helium led and memories helium shared with the assemblage tin visit his website.
