Newest Clovis Unified school named after Hispanic ambassador
CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Clovis Unified School District has announced the intermediate school on the Terry P. Bradley Educational Center will be named after a well-known civil servant.
CUSD says Ambassador Phillip V. Sanchez grew up in the Pinedale area, spending his early life working in the fields of the San Joaquin Valley. He graduated from Clovis High School and attended Fresno State before serving in the U.S. Military.
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Officials say he eventually went on to serve as the Chief Administrator for Fresno County and on the school board from 1961 to 1963 during the formative years following unification in 1960.
From 1973-1975 he served as the ambassador to Honduras, then Ambassador to Colombia from 1975-1977. CUSD states Ambassador Sanchez was the highest-ranking Hispanic official in the administrations of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan.
The district says Sanchez’s local and international impact, model of character, work ethic, and perseverance are why they chose to name the intermediate school after him.
Students will attend the school when it opens in southeast Fresno in 2025.
