Johnny Lechner
John A "Johnny" Lechner[1] is an American film and television actor best known for his role as Alan Reese on the television series Girls of Sunset Place (Showtime, 2012)[citation needed] and his role as Greg "Fossil" Karanowski in the movie Fraternity House (2008). He is also known for being a perpetual student at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, having studied there from 1995 until 2010.[2]
Academic career[edit]
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,[3] 2007,[4] 2008,[5] or 2009,[6] despite having enough credits to graduate with nine majors and five minors.[7] Lechner announced that he had transferred to a different college in California in 2010.[8]
At Whitewater, Lechner won a campus "Big Man on Campus" beauty pageant,[2] studied abroad in, "Paris, London, Amsterdam, Rome, Florence, Venice and Switzerland," and South Africa,[9][10] appeared on Late Show with David Letterman and Good Morning America,[11] was named one of People's "Hot Bachelors",[12] ran for[2] student body president,[11] and appeared in two films, including Minor League: A Football Story[10][13] and a starring role in Fraternity House.[10][14]
The "Johnny Lechner rule"[edit]
The Wisconsin Board of Regents instituted a "Johnny Lechner rule"[3][2][11] requiring long-term students to pay twice the standard in-state tuition rate.
References[edit]
- ^ "Lechner, John A" University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ a b c d Erickson, Doug. "The Real World Can Wait" Wisconsin State Journal, 7 April 2005.
- ^ a b Maternowski, Kate. "Lechner aims to graduate, finally" The Badger Herald, 20 April 2006.
- ^ Smith, Susan Lampert. "AN OLD STORY GETS A LITTLE OLDER" Wisconsin State Journal, 20 May 2007.
- ^ "Longtime UW-W student plans one more year Archived 2007-05-23 at the Wayback Machine" The Janesville Gazette, 16 May 2007.
- ^ "Durhams, Sharif. A cap and gown for UW-Whitewater's perpetual student?" Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 May 2009.
- ^ "Johnny Lechner - College Student since 1994". Archived from the original on 15 March 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ "May 15th 2010". 2010-05-15. Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ^ "Career Student Up for 13th Year" The Associated Press, 11 May 2006.
- ^ a b c Welch, Chris. "HE'S MAKING MOVIES, BUT DON'T COUNT ON A 'GRADUATE' REMAKE" Wisconsin State Journal, 9 August 2009.
- ^ a b c Dillon, Sam. "For One Student, a College Career Becomes a Career." The New York Times, 10 November 2005.
- ^ "They Really, Really Need a Woman" People, 26 June 2006.
- ^ Minor League: A Football Story at IMDb
- ^ Fraternity House at IMDb
