- Date Of Birth: August 22, 1924
- Date Of Death: July 19, 2015
- State: California
Pete Gianopulos – teacher, counselor, mayor, historian, combat veteran, author, newspaper columnist, ambassador for the community a man so linked with Taft and its history that he became known as “Mr. Oildorado,” passed sunday morning. Gianopulos was 90 years old and spent nearly all of his life in Taft except during World War II and some time in Fresno while studying at Fresno State University. More than one third of his life was spent at his beloved Taft Union High School, where he was a teacher, counselor and director of counseling for 36 years. Pete was a native born Taftian, the son of Greek immigrants.
