Matthew Franich

Accomplishments

  • Matt gave the State of California $1.5 million to purchase a mansion for the California Governor in October 1983
  • Son of a Yugoslavian immigrant father who came through Ellis Island, 1910
  • Grew up poor on a rented farm on Emerald Street, Redondo Beach

(Editors note: Matt passed away May 13, 1998, before this honor could bestowed on him.)