Mr. Speaker. I rise today in recognition of a great American. a selfmade man. a son of immigrants and founder of an agricultural colossusMartin J. Zaninovich. who passed away on December 9. 2014 in Santa Barbara at the age of 91. Martins father John left Croatia on the eve of the First World War as the AustroHungarian Empire teetered toward dissolution. In California. John married Mary. another Yugoslavian 6migr6. and found in the San Joaquin Valley the familiar arid climate and rich soils of his Dalmatian homeland. On a small farm outside Porterville the Zaninovichs raised grapes E205 and children too. two sons and three daughters by 1940.
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