RES-2022-025-RESOLUTION NAMING THE ORANGE COUNTY VISITORS CENTER CONFERENCE ROOM AS THE LEE PAVAO CONFERENCE ROOM

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RES -202M25 Attachment 2 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION NAMING THE ORANGE COUNTY VISITORS CENTER CONFERENCE ROOM AS THE LEE PAVAO CONFERENCE ROOM WHEREAS , Lee Pavao served for eight years as an elected official on the Chapel Hill Town Council , including two years as Mayor Pro -Tem , and worked closely with Orange County leaders , board of county commissioners and Visitors Bureau staff to raise awareness of tourism as a key economic driver for Orange County ; and WHEREAS , Lee Pavao was born to Portuguese -American parents , served in the U . S . Army ( 1956 - 1958 ) and after graduation from Dartmouth University , joined J . Walter Thompson Advertising Company (JWT) in New York where he spent a globetrotting 30 + year career including postings in five countries and responsibilities for all of Latin America , and ultimately a seat on company' s Worldwide Board of Directors ; and WHEREAS , Lee and his wife , Joan , retired to Chapel Hill , NC in 1988 , and when Joan passed away in 1990 , Lee threw himself into a second career as a community volunteer , town leader , advocate for senior citizens and economic development and growing the hospitality and tourism industry ; and WHEREAS , The J . Walter Thompson Company , Lee Pavao papers , were received by the David M . Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library at Duke University as a gift in 2019 and includes advertisements and advertising designs , clippings , correspondence , meeting minutes and planning documents , photographs , presentations , reports , slides , speeches and other materials relating to Pavao ' s career , primarily in Latin American offices in Brazil and Peru . Client companies represented include Ford , Kellogg and Kodak : hops : Harchives . Ilb . duke . edu /catalog /iwtpavaolee ; and WHERAS : Lee Pavao received numerous honors for his service to Orange County . From the Long Leaf Pine Award bestowed by former NC Governor Beverly Perdue , to Chapel Hill Historical Society ' s 2014 Town Treasure Honor to the /Orange County Visitors Bureau ' s Tourism Leadership Accolade , and dozens of additional honors ; and WHEREAS , Leonel " Lee " Pavao died at his home on May 13 , 20197 NOW, THEREFORE , be it resolved that the Orange County Board of Commissioners does hereby recognize the late Lee Pavao for his community service and dedication to Orange County' s economy through the development of hospitality . and tourism by naming the conference room of the Orange County Visitors Center at 308 W . Franklin Street , Chapel Hill as "The Lee Pavao Conference Room " . This day , the 3rd day of May , 2022 . Renee Price , Chair Orange County Board of Commissioners to