Editing Roberto Sánchez Vilella (section)

==Retirement and legacy==
After leaving [[La Fortaleza]] and his unsuccessful House bid in 1972, Sánchez Vilella lived a relatively quiet life, serving as a professor at the [[University of Puerto Rico]]'s School of Public Administration and its law school,<ref name="Monge 1980">{{cite book | last=Monge | first=J.T. | title=Historia constitucional de Puerto Rico | publisher=Editorial Universitaria | series=Historia constitucional de Puerto Rico | issue=v. 5 | year=1980 | isbn=978-0-8477-0208-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NFG3tHuA79sC&pg=PA28 | language=es | access-date=2021-01-12 | page=28}}</ref> and as a radio commentator.  The Puerto Rican sculptor [[Tomás Batista]] created a bust in his honor, and it is located in the city of Ponce, at the [[Parque del Tricentenario (Ponce, Puerto Rico)|Parque del Tricentenario]].<ref>[http://visitaaponce.com/walkingTour2.aspx ''Camina por Ponce.''] Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Retrieved 29 December 2011.</ref>

He died on 24 March 1997 and was buried at the [[Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro]] in [[Ponce, Puerto Rico]]<ref>[http://www.letsgo.com/14330-puerto_rico-travel-guides-southeast-southeast-ponce-c ''Ponce Overview: Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty De Castro.''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204180256/http://www.letsgo.com/14330-puerto_rico-travel-guides-southeast-ponce-c |date=4 December 2010 }} Ponce Travel Guide. Retrieved 23 January 2012.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bKWIc9uQd_cC&pg=PA288 ''The Rough Guide to Puerto Rico.''] Stephen Keeling. Page 288. Retrieved 29 December 2011.</ref> which he had claimed as his adoptive city.<ref>[http://ponce.inter.edu/cai/connection_eng/html/museum.html ''Ponce History Museum.''] Inter-American University of Puerto Rico. Retrieved 29 December 2011.</ref>

The legacy of Sánchez Vilella, who was initially judged rather harshly by historians, has been perceived in a better light recently. His term was overshadowed by the legacy of Muñoz, his predecessor, and the PDP's loss in the 1968 elections is still blamed on him. However, he is perceived by many political commentators to have led the most efficient public administration of all Puerto Rican-born governors, and many long for Sánchez Vilella's frankness and political integrity in light of the deteriorating political climate that has developed after he left office.  As the perception of his legacy improves, he is now being honored more frequently.  The Government's largest building complex at Minillas, in Santurce, was named after him, and a bust of Sánchez Vilella was placed in the Governor's Hall of the Puerto Rico capitol building in 2007.

Sánchez Vilella had two daughters, Evelyn and Vilma, from his marriage to First Lady Concepción "Conchita" Dapena.  He also had two children, Olga Elizabeth and Roberto José, from his marriage to Jeannette Ramos.