According to signonsandiego.com via AP News July 9, 2007:
SACRAMENTO – Joe Weider, the bodybuilding pioneer who brought Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to the United States, was honored in the state capitol Monday at the behest of the governor.
Schwarzenegger described Weider as “a father figure” and mentor and said he had influenced millions of people around the world to lead healthier lives through his many fitness magazines. Among those listening in the Senate chamber was Sylvester Stallone.
Weider provided the young Schwarzenegger with an apartment, a car and a weekly salary when he first came here in 1968. Weider also contributed financially to Schwarzenegger's political campaigns through his business enterprises, which included a publishing empire and a nutritional supplement business.
Performance enhancing supplements are controversial, however, since some contain chemicals that may be harmful when taken at high doses.
