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On October 7, 1971, Connally was honored as "Governor for a Day," his last two years in office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legis/leaders/presprotem.html|title=Texas state legislative leaders|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=December 25, 2008}}</ref>
On October 7, 1971, Connally was honored as "Governor for a Day," his last two years in office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legis/leaders/presprotem.html|title=Texas state legislative leaders|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=December 25, 2008}}</ref>
Wayne Connally worked with John Connally to lay the groundwork for the first upper-level higher education institution in [[Laredo]], in Webb County in south Texas. Texas A&I University at Laredo opened in 1969 and was renamed Laredo State University. In 1993, the institution was renamed, expanded, and relocated as the current Texas A&M International University off the Bob Bullock Expressway.<ref name=hall>{{cite web|url=http://bulk.resource.org/gpo.gov/record/2001/2001_E01253.pdf|title=U.S. Representative Ralph Hall of Texas, ''Congressional Record'' remarks|date=June 28, 2001|accessdate=December 25, 2008}}</ref>
Wayne Connally worked with John Connally to lay the groundwork for the first upper-level higher education institution in [[Laredo]], in Webb County in south Texas. Texas A&I University at Laredo opened in 1969 and was renamed Laredo State University. In 1993, the institution was renamed, expanded, and relocated as the current Texas A&M International University off the Bob Bullock Expressway.<ref name=hall>{{cite web|url=http://bulk.resource.org/gpo.gov/record/2001/2001_E01253.pdf|title=U.S. Representative Ralph Hall of Texas, ''Congressional Record'' remarks|date=June 28, 2001|accessdate=December 25, 2008; remarks no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>
Connally's chief of staff was Laredo [[attorney]] Carlos Zaffirini, Sr., (born 1944). Zaffirni's wife, Judith Pappas Zaffirini (born 1946), has held Connally's former Senate seat since her first election in 1986. She was a part-time media aide to Connally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist21/pr05/p011205a.htm|title=Office of State Senator Judith Zaffirini|date=January 12, 2005|publisher=Texas State Senate|accessdate=December 25, 2008}}</ref>
Connally's chief of staff was Laredo [[attorney]] Carlos Zaffirini, Sr., (born 1944). Zaffirni's wife, Judith Pappas Zaffirini (born 1946), has held Connally's former Senate seat since her first election in 1986. She was a part-time media aide to Connally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist21/pr05/p011205a.htm|title=Office of State Senator Judith Zaffirini|date=January 12, 2005|publisher=Texas State Senate|accessdate=December 25, 2008}}</ref>