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6 <br /> RES-2022-025 Attachment 2 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION NAMING THE ORANGE COUNTY VISITORS CENTER CONFERENCE <br /> ROOM AS THE LEE PAVAO CONFERENCE ROOM <br /> WHEREAS, Lee Pavao served for eight years as an elected official on the Chapel Hill <br /> Town Council, including two years as Mayor Pro-Tem, and worked closely with Orange <br /> County leaders, board of county commissioners and Visitors Bureau staff to raise <br /> awareness of tourism as a key economic driver for Orange County; and <br /> WHEREAS, Lee Pavao was born to Portuguese-American parents, served in the U.S. <br /> Army (1956-1958) and after graduation from Dartmouth University, joined J. Walter <br /> Thompson Advertising Company (JWT) in New York where he spent a globetrotting 30+ <br /> year career including postings in five countries and responsibilities for all of Latin America, <br /> and ultimately a seat on company's Worldwide Board of Directors; and <br /> WHEREAS, Lee and his wife, Joan, retired to Chapel Hill, NC in 1988, and when Joan <br /> passed away in 1990, Lee threw himself into a second career as a community volunteer, <br /> town leader, advocate for senior citizens and economic development and growing the <br /> hospitality and tourism industry; and <br /> WHEREAS, The J. Walter Thompson Company, Lee Pavao papers, were received by <br /> the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library at Duke University as a gift in <br /> 2019 and includes advertisements and advertising designs, clippings, correspondence, <br /> meeting minutes and planning documents, photographs, presentations, reports, slides, <br /> speeches and other materials relating to Pavao's career, primarily in Latin American <br /> offices in Brazil and Peru. Client companies represented include Ford, Kellogg and <br /> Kodak: https://archives.lib.duke.edu/catalog/owtpavaolee; and <br /> WHERAS: Lee Pavao received numerous honors for his service to Orange County. From <br /> the Long Leaf Pine Award bestowed by former NC Governor Beverly Perdue, to Chapel <br /> Hill Historical Society's 2014 Town Treasure Honor to the /Orange County Visitors <br /> Bureau's Tourism Leadership Accolade, and dozens of additional honors; and <br /> WHEREAS, Leonel "Lee" Pavao died at his home on May 13, 2019; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> does hereby recognize the late Lee Pavao for his community service and dedication to <br /> Orange County's economy through the development of hospitality and tourism by naming <br /> the conference room of the Orange County Visitors Center at 308 W. Franklin Street, <br /> Chapel Hill as "The Lee Pavao Conference Room". <br /> This day, the 3rd day of May, 2022. <br /> Renee Price, Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />