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WILLIAM S. LEE
WILLIAM S. LEE
Pages 122-127
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The Engineer Bill was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1929, and you could say engineering ran in his blood. His grandfather, William States Lee Sr., had helped found, and was chief engineer of Southern Power Company.
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He was named the Nation's Outstanding Engineer by the National Society of Professional Engineers in 1980; he received the American Nuclear Society Walter Zinn Award in 1980 and the Henry DeWolf Smyth Award in 1991. He was named Outstanding Utility CEO of the Year eight times and CEO of the Decade in 1989 by Financial World magazine.
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Under his engineering and executive leadership, the company brought seven nuclear generating units on line in the 1970s and 1980s -- three at Oconee Nuclear Station in South Carolina, two at McGuire Nuclear Station in North Carolina, and two at Catawba Nuclear Station in South Carolina. Bill Lee believed passionately in the potential of nuclear energy to provide electricity and promote peace.
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He had a strong commitment to educational reform, particularly in his home state. He turned down a prestigious board seat at Princeton in favor of a trusteeship at Queens College, telling his alma mater, "I'm honored, but I've got this little college up the street in my neighborhood that needs me more." Lee chaired the Queens College Board of Trustees from 1985 to 1989 and served on the boards of the UNCC Foundation, North Carolina State University's Engineering Foundation, and Johnson C
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And the day before he died in 1996, he addressed the North Carolina state legislature, calling for a stronger commitment to education in the state. Bill Lee was a man of unending curiosity, creativity, and commitment.
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