The building housing the Griffiss Institute was formally named the Raymond P. Urtz Center in a ceremony today.

Urtz was a local leader who pioneered cyber research and battled the Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) to preserve the local presence of the Air Force Research Lab in Rome.

Urtz, who was Director of the AFRL, died in 2012 at the age of 73.

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