Joseph Castro named Fresno State’s first Latino president

By Pablo Lopez and Tim Sheehan, The Fresno Bee

Joseph Castro, a Hanford native, made history Wednesday when he was named the next president of Fresno State, becoming the first Latino to hold the post.

Castro, currently a vice chancellor at University of California at San Francisco, will be the eighth president in Fresno State’s 102-year history. He takes over for 68-year-old John Welty, who will retire at the end of July after 22 years.