Willard was 78.
“Larry was committed to making New Mexico a better place to live as much as anybody I ever knew, and was one of the most positively impactful leaders New Mexico has had in recent memory,” said friend Steve Moise, the state’s investment officer. “He worked to improve our educational system and our business climate and wanted every child to have the opportunity to receive a quality education, get a good job and move up the economic ladder.”
As part of that goal, Willard endowed a number of libraries, including the Willard Reading Room at the University of New Mexico Zimmerman Library, and the Gerald and Betty Ford Library at the Bosque School.
How did Alabama land Space Command? 3 states want investigation, say Trump played politics
Updated Jan 16, 2021;
Posted Jan 16, 2021
FILE In this Aug. 29, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump watches with Vice President Mike Pence and Defense Secretary Mark Esper as the flag for U.S. space Command is unfurled as Trump announces the establishment of the U.S. Space Command in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. The U.S. Air Force is expected to announce Huntsville, Ala. as the location for the U.S. Space Command headquarters, according to Gov. Kay Ivey. The governor said she was informed of the decision Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)AP
New Mexico to Pitch Pentagon for Space Command Locale
Mayor Tim Keller and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will lead a brigade of local officials and area experts today, Monday, in a virtual battle to persuade the Pentagon to locate the new U.S. Space Command in Albuquerque. by Kevin Robinson-Avila, Albuquerque Journal / December 22, 2020 Shutterstock.com
Tim Keller
and Gov.
Michelle Lujan Grisham
will lead a brigade of local officials and area experts today, Monday, in a virtual battle to persuade the Pentagon to locate the new
U.S. Space Command in
The city last month made the short list of possible locations being evaluated by the