Willie Nelson honored with Texas educational endowment

Willie Nelson honored with Texas educational endowment

Weeks after winning more Grammys, Willie Nelson is getting a new kind of honor: a university endowment in Texas.

Willie Nelson honored with Texas educational endowment

Weeks after winning more Grammys, Willie Nelson is getting a new kind of honor: a university endowment in Texas.

Willie Nelson honored with Texas educational endowment

Weeks after winning more Grammys, Willie Nelson is getting a new kind of honor: a university endowment in Texas.

Willie Nelson honored with Texas educational endowment

Weeks after winning more Grammys, Willie Nelson is getting a new kind of honor: a university endowment in Texas.

Award-winning musician Willie Nelson honored with university endowment in Texas

Weeks after winning more Grammys, Willie Nelson is getting a new kind of honor: a university endowment in Texas. The 89-year-old country music icon, who in the 1980s helped launch the Farm Aid benefit concerts, is the namesake of the new Willie Nelson Endowment for Uplifting Rural Communities at the University of Texas’ LBJ School of Public Affairs, the school announced Wednesday. The endowment will fund research and student fellowships benefiti…

Willie Nelson to be honored with prestigious Texas award and new endowment

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Willie Nelson will soon add another award to his trophy case. The LBJ Foundation will present its most prestigious honor, the LBJ Liberty & Justice for All Award, to Willie Nelson in May. "A lifelong advocate for farmers, alleviating food insecurity, and support of rural communities, Nelson embodies President Lyndon Baines Johnson's commitment to public service, particularly in the areas of farming and food security," the foundat…