Franz Weinschenk

Franz Weinschenk was born into a Jewish family in Germany in 1925. He and his family were lucky to escape from there in 1935. After graduating from Fresno State University in California, he served in the Army for two years and then became an instructor and Dean at Fresno Ctty College where he worked for 60 years. He currently lives in Fresno with his wife Sally. An enthusiastic runner, biker, and swimmer, he recently was the first over 90-year-old to finish the Merced Gateway Triathlon. He served as the host of a public radio show called "Valley Writers Read" featuring local writers for over twenty-five years.