ENMU Foundation Awards—
Celebrating Business of the Year— Tillery Chevrolet-GMC
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visit ENMU when my brothers or sister were students there, and I was impressed by the campus. It made sense that I would go there, too.”
The Tillery family has strong ties to ENMU, with four of the five children having attended the University. Gayle, George, Gary and Glen chose ENMU because it was in-state and close to home (but not too close). Glen recalled, “I would
To honor their father, the Tillery family established the Garland Tillery Memorial Scholarship at ENMU to benefit high school seniors from Moriarty, Vaughn, Estancia, Mountainair and Manzano. The family members have supported this scholarship for many years and have helped 25 students since its inception.
arland Tillery founded Tillery Chevrolet-GMC, Inc. in 1955. Today, the organization includes three dealerships in Moriarty, Albuquerque and Los Lunas, New Mexico. While growing the dealership, Garland and his wife Georgia raised five children: Gayle, George, Gary, Glen and Gena. Garland passed away in 1984 leaving the dealership in good hands with four of his children- Glen, Gary, Gayle and Gena. George and his family live in California and run a thriving bus dealership.
Tillery Chevrolet-GMC, Inc. also gives back to all the communities where they have dealerships. The family supports United Way, Bethel Community Store, the Wildlife Nature Park, and the Torrance and Santa Fe County Livestock Sale. The dealership assists the Moriarty AABC Baseball League by providing new equipment, monetary contributions and free instructional clinics. Tillery Chevrolet also sponsors the Moriarty High School Athletic Department’s annual raffle that nets over $60,000 for the athletes. “Our community supports our dealership and that has helped us to be successful,” explained Glen, “It is important for us to give back to the Moriarty schools system and our youth because both are the future of our community.”
Philanthropist of the Year— Ray W. Hammond
ENMU and especially his economics instructor, Fredrick Wuori, gave Ray the opportunity to challenge himself and opened his mind to new ideas during his undergraduate and graduate studies in the early 70s. “Mr. Wuori encouraged me to be a free thinker and we became lifelong friends,” remembers Ray. Fast forward to the year 2000 when Mr. Wouri was 85; Ray decided to honor his favorite professor 12
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with the Frederick A. Wuori Endowed Scholarship. His giving didn’t stop there. Ray continues to support ENMU in small and big ways. Ray’s gifts include purchasing golf balls for the Alumni Association and Eastern Athletic Club tournaments, dedicating the Caitlin A. Hammond Percussion Room, the ENMU Foundation Practice Room, the Lisa Obenhaus Practice Room and the Jim and Mary Jacobs Practice Room all in the recently renovated Music Building, as well as donating rare books to the library and special paintings to beautify the campus. All his gifts have totaled well over $100,000. And the humor, contributions, insights and goodwill he brings the ENMU Foundation Board of Directors are beyond measure.
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ay W. Hammond lives by the philosophy, “Walk softly and make the world a better place.” His journey to and since ENMU has been a varied one that included a year in South Korea with the U.S. Air Force, managing a beer distributorship in northern New Mexico and seventeen years owning several art galleries in Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
Ray acknowledges, “Eastern was and continues to be quite simply a wonderful place to learn, with easy access to faculty. For me, helping ENMU is the right thing to do.”
