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AI Summary
- Carl Michael Williams, former Colorado State Senator, died on November 27, 2015, at age 87
- Williams served in the Wyoming Air National Guard from September 1950 to March 1951 and in the U.S. Air Force from April 1951 to December 1952, flying the P-51 Mustang and F-80 Shooting Star
- Williams partnered with Bill Daniels in 1957 to help found America's cable television industry and built Televents, Inc., which he sold in 1986 to Bob Magness, becoming part of TCI, the largest cable TV provider in the United States
- Williams was elected to the Colorado State Senate in 1968, served as Chairman of the State Senate Affairs Committee, and was Colorado Republican Party Chairman from 1975 to 1977
- Williams established the Carl M. Williams Chair for Ethics at the University of Wyoming and the Carl M. Williams Institute of Ethics and Values at the University of Denver, and was inducted into the Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame in 1997
Legislative Description
Memorializing Former Senator Carl M. Williams
Last Action
Signed by the President of the Senate
4/27/2016
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