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44 <br /> 1 Commissioner Bedford read the resolution: <br /> 2 <br /> 3 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 4 RESOLUTION NAMING THE ORANGE COUNTY VISITORS CENTER CONFERENCE ROOM <br /> 5 AS THE LEE PAVAO CONFERENCE ROOM <br /> 6 WHEREAS, Lee Pavao served for eight years as an elected official on the Chapel Hill Town <br /> 7 Council, including two years as Mayor Pro-Tem, and worked closely with Orange County <br /> 8 leaders, board of county commissioners and Visitors Bureau staff to raise awareness of tourism <br /> 9 as a key economic driver for Orange County; and <br /> 10 <br /> 11 WHEREAS, Lee Pavao was born to Portuguese-American parents, served in the U.S. Army <br /> 12 (1956-1958) and after graduation from Dartmouth University, joined J. Walter Thompson <br /> 13 Advertising Company (JWT) in New York where he spent a globetrotting 30+ year career <br /> 14 including postings in five countries and responsibilities for all of Latin America, and ultimately a <br /> 15 seat on company's Worldwide Board of Directors; and <br /> 16 <br /> 17 WHEREAS, Lee and his wife, Joan, retired to Chapel Hill, NC in 1988, and when Joan passed <br /> 18 away in 1990, Lee threw himself into a second career as a community volunteer, town leader, <br /> 19 advocate for senior citizens and economic development and growing the hospitality and tourism <br /> 20 industry; and <br /> 21 <br /> 22 WHEREAS, The J. Walter Thompson Company, Lee Pavao papers, were received by the David <br /> 23 M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library at Duke University as a gift in 2019 and includes <br /> 24 advertisements and advertising designs, clippings, correspondence, meeting minutes and <br /> 25 planning documents, photographs, presentations, reports, slides, speeches and other materials <br /> 26 relating to Pavao's career, primarily in Latin American offices in Brazil and Peru. Client <br /> 27 companies represented include Ford, Kellogg and Kodak: <br /> 28 https://archives.Iib.duke.edu/catalog/iwtpavaolee; and <br /> 29 <br /> 30 WHEREAS: Lee Pavao received numerous honors for his service to Orange County. From the <br /> 31 Long Leaf Pine Award bestowed by former NC Governor Beverly Perdue, to Chapel Hill <br /> 32 Historical Society's 2014 Town Treasure Honor to the /Orange County Visitors Bureau's <br /> 33 Tourism Leadership Accolade, and dozens of additional honors; and <br /> 34 <br /> 35 WHEREAS, Leonel "Lee" Pavao died at his home on May 13, 2019; <br /> 36 <br /> 37 NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Orange County Board of Commissioners does <br /> 38 hereby recognize the late Lee Pavao for his community service and dedication to Orange <br /> 39 County's economy through the development of hospitality and tourism by naming the <br /> 40 conference room of the Orange County Visitors Center at 308 W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill as <br /> 41 "The Lee Pavao Conference Room". <br /> 42 <br /> 43 This day, the 3rd day of May, 2022. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Renee Price, Chair <br /> 47 Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> 48 <br />