SALSA, the Strategic Alliance for Leadership and Social Action, presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Juan Andrade, Saturday, September 20. Also in attendance were members of the First Mexican Baptist Church, Andrade’s home church, of which he and his wife, Elena, are still members.

A Brownwood High School and HPU graduate, he is the 4th of only six Hispanics in history to be decorated by both a President of the United States at the White House “for the performance of exemplary deeds of service for the nation” and by the Government of Mexico for his services to the Mexican and Mexican American communities in America.

During his 55-year career, Andrade directly impacted the passage of legislation in Texas, Wisconsin and Ohio that improved the quality of life for Hispanics and elec

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