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Frantz
gives Long Beach a chance
By Ako Sakurai
On-line Forty-Niner
A Montana native
has traded the Yellowstone National Park for the sand and
surf of Long Beach.
Paul Frantz, director
of the international business program, left Montana in 1994
after eight years of practicing law and came to California
in 1996. He has been teaching law and international business
at Cal State Long Beach ever since.
"I enjoyed growing
up in Montana and practicing law in Montana before coming
to Long Beach," Frantz said.
The move to Long
Beach was natural, considering Frantz already had a connection
with CSULB.
Carl McIntosh,
the second president at CSULB, later served as president at
Montana State University during Frantz's term in 1974.
"I still stay in
touch with him and send him post cards of CSULB every now
and then," Frantz said.
Frantz enjoys people
just as much as he enjoys teaching and researching. He's an
adviser to three student organizations on campus: Circle K
International, International Business Association and the
Law Society.
"He's highly intelligent
and very friendly," said Tanya Latorre, a human development
major and a member of Circle K International at CSULB. "He
has an open personality and loves being around people and
to help people."
Frantz attends
all Circle K meetings, and he is an active member of Kiwanis
International himself, an adult version of Circle K International.
Kiwanis International
was founded in 1915, and currently has members in 79 countries.
Circle K is a service club sponsored by Kiwanis International
and currently has 11,000 members on 570 university and college
campuses.
Circle K International
service activities include feeding the homeless, participating
in fund-raising walks and summer basketball camps for the
disabled.
"I believe very
strongly in voluntary community service," Frantz said. "It
is rewarding and enjoyable to work with others."
Highly interested
in international affairs, Frantz has visited 38 countries.
He has just come back from Guatemala and Costa Rica as part
of a 12-member delegation of the American Bar Association.
The delegation gathered to investigate human rights activities
and discuss how the rule of law is implemented in Central
America, Frantz said.
Frantz takes students
to Germany for a week every year in June as part of a business
class. In return, the program hosts students and faculty members
from Germany in November each year.
The international
business program is also promoting study abroad programs to
students. Frantz believes in the importance of international
activities and delights in increasing awareness among faculty
and students.
Growing up, Frantz
always liked to read about other countries.
"I discovered a
long time ago that reading is the key to success in life,"
Frantz said. "The earlier one starts the better."
While he was in
Montana practicing law, Frantz was involved in a variety of
cases such as car accidents, real estate and water problems.
Frantz is interested
in researching law issues, international agreements, international
treaties and immigration issues.
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