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