Jerry Apodaca

Raymond S. "Jerry" Apodaca (born October 3, 1934) is an American politician. He served as the 24th Governor of New Mexico from 1975 through 1979.
Apodaca graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1956 with a bachelor of science degree, he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. Apodaca would later enter the insurance business.
Honours and awards.
The New Mexico Department of Education, which was previously was known simply as the Education Building, was later renamed Jerry Apodaca Building to honor the former governor in 2004.
Known for his reorganization of state government, President Jimmy Carter named him the chairman of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness in 1978.