Johnny Lechner

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Johnny Lechner

John A. "Johnny" Lechner [1] is an American film and television actor best known who appeared as Alan Reese on the Showtime television series Girls of Sunset Place (2012)[ citation needed ] and as Greg "Fossil" Karanowski in the movie Fraternity House (2008). [2] He is also known for being a perpetual student at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, having studied there from 1995 until 2010. [3]

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Academic career

Lechner was born in Fort Hood, Texas, but grew up in Pewaukee, Wisconsin. Lechner graduated from Waukesha North High School in 1994.[ citation needed ]

Lechner did not graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2006, [4] 2007, [5] 2008, [6] or 2009, [7] despite having enough credits to graduate with nine majors and five minors. [8] Lechner announced that he had transferred to a different college in California in 2010. [9]

At Whitewater, Lechner won a campus "Big Man on Campus" beauty pageant, [3] studied abroad in, "Paris, London, Amsterdam, Rome, Florence, Venice and Switzerland," and South Africa. [10] [11] He appeared on The Bob and Tom Show , Late Show with David Letterman and Good Morning America , [12] was named one of People's "Hot Bachelors", [13] ran for [3] student body president, [12] and appeared in two films, including Minor League: A Football Story [11] and a starring role in Fraternity House. [11] [14]

The "Johnny Lechner rule"

According to Lechner, the Wisconsin Board of Regents instituted a "Johnny Lechner rule" [4] [3] [12] requiring long-term students to pay twice the standard in-state tuition rate.

References

  1. ↑ "Lechner, John A" University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Prizevoits, Antonijs (2009-08-02). "Fraternity House". Apple TV. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Erickson, Doug. "The Real World Can Wait" Wisconsin State Journal , 7 April 2005.
  4. 1 2 Maternowski, Kate. "Lechner aims to graduate, finally" The Badger Herald , 20 April 2006.
  5. ↑ Smith, Susan Lampert. "AN OLD STORY GETS A LITTLE OLDER" Wisconsin State Journal, 20 May 2007.
  6. ↑ "Longtime UW-W student plans one more year Archived 2007-05-23 at the Wayback Machine " The Janesville Gazette, 16 May 2007.
  7. ↑ "Durhams, Sharif. A cap and gown for UW-Whitewater's perpetual student?" Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 May 2009.
  8. ↑ "Johnny Lechner - College Student since 1994". Archived from the original on 15 March 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  9. ↑ "May 15th 2010". 2010-05-15. Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  10. ↑ "Career Student Up for 13th Year" The Associated Press, 11 May 2006.
  11. 1 2 3 Welch, Chris. "HE'S MAKING MOVIES, BUT DON'T COUNT ON A 'GRADUATE' REMAKE" Wisconsin State Journal, 9 August 2009.
  12. 1 2 3 Dillon, Sam. "For One Student, a College Career Becomes a Career." The New York Times , 10 November 2005.
  13. ↑ "They Really, Really Need a Woman" People, 26 June 2006.
  14. ↑ Fraternity House at IMDb
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