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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING <br /> LEE PAVAO <br /> WHEREAS , through his tireless work in various sectors of the community , Lee Pavao served <br /> Orange County on multiple community and leadership programs ; and <br /> WHEREAS , a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth , Lee joined J . Walter <br /> Thompson Company in New York and was assigned to the Miami office before being called to <br /> serve with the US Army at Fort Benning from 1956 - 1958 ; and <br /> WHEREAS , Lee and his wife Joan retired to Chapel Hill , NC in 1988 , and while Joan passed <br /> away in 1990 , Lee used his years of award winning advertising and business skills to dedicate <br /> countless hours to the Orange County Department on Aging , including the Orange County Task <br /> Force for Senior Needs in Southern Orange , the Chapel Hill Senior Center and the Robert and <br /> Pearl Seymour Center ; and <br /> WHEREAS , Mr . Pavao also served the community through his work with the Chapel Hill Parks <br /> and Recreation Commission , the Public Library Board and Foundation , the Ronald McDonald <br /> House , the Orange County United Way , and the Orange County Visitors Bureau ; and <br /> WHEREAS , Lee was elected to the Chapel Hill Town Council for two terms , serving as Chapel <br /> Hill Mayor Pro Tern from 2000 - 2001 ; and <br /> WHEREAS , Lee was an active Board Member of the Orange County Visitors Bureau for many <br /> years , growing Orange County jobs and the economy through tourism ; and <br /> WHEREAS , Lee had great passion for his work with older adults to bring a modern one - stop - <br /> shop senior center to Chapel Hill , which culminated in 2007 with the opening of the Robert and <br /> Pearl Seymour Center ; and <br /> WHEREAS , in 2012 , Mr . Pavao received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine award for his 30 years <br /> of volunteer service in Orange County ; and <br /> WHEREAS , Lee Pavao , a long time Orange County volunteer and civic leader , died at his home <br /> on May 13 , 2019 surrounded by family ; and <br /> WHEREAS , Lee ' s sense of humor , generosity , and compassion for others will be greatly missed ; <br /> NOW , THEREFORE , we , the Orange County Board of Commissioners , on behalf of the residents <br /> of Orange County , express our deep appreciation , gratitude and respect for the services <br /> rendered by Lee Pavao to the County and beyond over the course of his lifetime . <br /> fr <br /> This the 4th day of June 2019 . J , ; `b <br /> yyh� <br /> y dbi�• _ <br /> 1 Jill <br /> r nny Rich , Phair <br /> Ey : ange Cou ty Board of Commissioners <br /> "X4�R <br />