My Grandparents

The Foundation of the Chenault Famil: My Grandparents, Jean & Margaret Chenault. Jean Chenault is my legacy and the person I attribute my family’s success to. He studied at five places of higher education in a period of less than four years. At the University of Wisconsin (1944-1945), he enrolled in the agriculture program. Half a year later, however, he determined that Wisconsin was an atmosphere not meant for him, and he thus moved to Massachusetts to study at the Massachusetts College of Agriculture (1945). During his period of transition between the two colleges, He found an interest in physical fitness. Before officially enrolling at Massachusetts College, he changed his mind, opting instead to begin taking classes at the American College of Physical Training (1946) in Chicago. Five months later, in January of 1946, he moved to Chicago to begin his studies. By the fall of 1946 he also began supplementing his education with studies at the University of Chicago. Moving to New York, he studied at the City College of New York (1947), and New York University (1947). He never took a degree. After, he returned to Wisconsin to raise his family and begin to build his empire