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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: November 6, 2002
Action Agenda
Item No.
SUBJECT: Resolution Recognizing and Honoring Senator Howard N. Lee
DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Yes - Resolution Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board, ext. 2130
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Durham 688-7331
Mebane 336-227-2031
PURPOSE: To consider a resolution recognizing and honoring Senator Howard N. Lee.
BACKGROUND: Senator Howard N. Lee grew up in Georgia and attended Fort Valley State
University. After service in the Armed Forces, Senator Lee re-located to Chapel Hill, North
Carolina and earned a Masters of Social Work in 1966.
Senator Lee's distinguished political career began shortly after he came to North Carolina when
he was elected Mayor of Chapel Hill and served from 1969 through 1975. He also later served
in the cabinet of Governor Jim Hunt from 1977 through 1982 as the Secretary of the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources. In 1990, he was appointed to the North
Carolina Senate to represent the sixteenth district and was subsequently elected and re-elected
in 1992, 1996, 1998, and 2000.
Senator Lee is a small business owner in the Research Triangle Park, an adjunct faculty
member at UNC-Chapel Hill, and a member of numerous civic organizations throughout Orange
County. He also lists University of North Carolina athletics as one of his favorite pastimes.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: NONE
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the attached
resolution and authorize the Chair to sign the resolution recognizing and honoring Senator
Howard N. Lee for his many years of public service to Orange County and the State of North
Carolina.
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND HONORING
SENATOR HOWARD N. LEE
WHEREAS, the Honorable Howard N. Lee began his political career in North
Carolina in 1969, serving as Mayor of Chapel Hill from 1969 through 1975, and;
WHEREAS, from 1977 to 1982, Senator Lee served the State of North Carolina
and its residents as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environment
and Natural Resources; and
WHEREAS, in 1990, Senator Lee was appointed to the North Carolina Senate to
represent the sixteenth district which included Orange, Chatham, Moore and
parts of Lee and Randolph Counties, and was re-elected to the North Carolina
Senate in 1992, 1996, 1998, and 2000; and
WHEREAS, throughout his thirty-plus years in North Carolina government,
Senator Lee has demonstrated selfless devotion in his pursuit of the best for
Orange County and the entire State of North Carolina and has provided
exemplary leadership and maintained high personal integrity; and
WHEREAS, Senator Howard Lee's greatest strengths include his willingness to
initiate and advocate for educational programs, make difficult decisions and to
always place children first;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of
Commissioners, on behalf of the residents of Orange County, hereby expresses
to its sincere gratitude and deep appreciation to Senator Howard N. Lee for more
than three decades of outstanding and admirable public service; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners extends to
Senator Howard N. Lee its highest regard and best wishes for many years of
happiness, good health and rewarding experiences in his future endeavors.
This the 6th day of November 2002.
Barry Jacobs, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners