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'/PlZunq ® gl/ . , ' 10 � i51�31� <br /> PROCLAMATIONORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> I ING AND HONORING <br /> R . HAROLD RUSS LL <br /> AS AN ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY TREASURE <br /> WHEREAS , Dr . Harold Russell was born in Hillsborough in 1934 and lived in Orange <br /> County until 1960 ; and <br /> 'I <br /> WHEREAS , in high school , Dr . Russell developed a passion for science and carried that <br /> interest with him to North Carolina Central University and subsequently on to the United <br /> States Health Department office located in Chapel Hill ; and <br /> WHEREAS , Dr . Russell was subsequently transferred to the Center for Disease Control <br /> ( CDC ) office in Atlanta , Georgia where he worked for nine years ; and <br /> WHEREAS , Dr . Russell and his wife , Margaret Martin Russell , left Atlanta and moved to <br /> Ithaca , New York where Dr . Russell furthered his education at Cornell University with a <br /> Master' s degree in immunochemistry as well as a doctorate ; and <br /> c <br /> WHEREAS , Dr . Russell returned to the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta and invested <br /> an illustrious career of 37 total years with the CDC ; and <br /> G <br /> WHEREAS , while at the CDC , Dr . Russell specialized , among many things , on antibody I' <br /> tests to determine if a person had developed antibodies against a specific antigen as a <br /> component of a virus , and developed the first diagnostic test for Lyme disease , and also <br /> worked on a vaccine for Pneumococcal pneumonia , including inventing a specific <br /> component of the vaccine ; and <br /> WHEREAS , during his career at the CDC , Dr . Russell secured two patents as the inventor <br /> and three other patents as a co - inventor ; and <br /> WHEREAS , after retirement , Dr . Russell returned to Orange County with Margaret and <br /> they live in Efland on property that has been in his family since 1871 ; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE , we , the Orange County Board of Commissioners , do hereby <br /> recognize and honor Dr . Harold Russell as an <br /> Orange County Community Treasure <br /> and encourage the residents of Orange County to join with us in expressing gratitude to <br /> Dr . Russell for his work in science and for his dedicated service to the health and welk <br /> being of people worldwide . <br /> This the 15t " Day of October , 2024 <br /> s <br /> >V <br /> .� Ja ezett edford , C it <br /> ,a <br /> az Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />