Raúl Castro Institute will provide support to Latinos in Arizona 

A Phoenix-based, nonprofit institute named for former Gov. Raúl Castro will focus on education and health care issues facing Latinos in Arizona, among other top concerns. The Raúl H. Castro Institute, which is expected to open in the fall, will be housed at Phoenix College. 

Gov. Janet Napolitano announced the founding of the institute for public policy earlier this year during a ceremony at the state capitol. 

Castro, 90, lives in Nogales, Ariz., with his wife, Patricia. He was elected the 14th state governor in 1974 and is the only Mexican-American to have held that office. He also served as U.S. ambassador to El Salvador in 1964, to Bolivia in 1968 and to Argentina in 1977. 

"This is a great honor," said Castro in a telephone interview. The retired immigration attorney was born on June 12, 1916, in the copper mining town of Cananea, Sonora, where he lived until 1926 when his family fled a revolution and moved to Arizona. They settled in the community of Pirtleville, near Douglas.

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The Arizona Star 07.05.06