LittleSis: William States Lee III

Bill Lee, retired chairman and CEO of the Duke Power Co., died of cardiac arrest in NYC July 10, 1996. He was known worldwide as a leading authority and advocate for nuclear powered utilities. After the Three Mile Island accident, Bill helped to form the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, and after Chernobyl, he was a prime mover behind the World Assn. of Nuclear Operators, becoming its first president. In 1989 Financial World magazine named him "CEO of the decade." Bill was a native of Charlotte, N.C. His involvement in the city's and the state's business, philanthropic, religious, and civic activities was legendary. Bill prepped at Woodberry Forest School. At Princeton he graduated magna cum laude and earned Phi Beta Kappa in civil engineering. Bill is survived by his wife, Jan, son William S. IV, daughters Lisa '76 *79 and Helen, brother John '54, mother Sarah Everett Toy, sister Sarah McArdle, and five grandchildren.

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William J Armfield IV	Richard Burr, John McKee Spratt Jr, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Jesse Helms, Bill Bradley, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, George H W Bush, Stephen L Neal, J Alex McMillan, Terry Sanford
John W Harris	Harvey B Gantt, Richard Burr, Sue Myrick, John McKee Spratt Jr, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Bill Bradley, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, W G Hefner, Terry Sanford, Melvin L Watt
James H Hance Jr	Richard Burr, Sue Myrick, John McKee Spratt Jr, Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, Republican National Committee, Duke Energy Corporation PAC, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, W G Hefner, Melvin L Watt
Tom Paxton Phillips	Harvey B Gantt, Richard Burr, Sue Myrick, John McKee Spratt Jr, Jesse Helms, Bill Bradley, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Terry Sanford, Melvin L Watt
John Medlin	Richard Burr, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, George H W Bush, Stephen L Neal, Melvin L Watt
Henry J Faison	Richard Burr, Sue Myrick, John McKee Spratt Jr, Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, George H W Bush, J Alex McMillan
Roddey Dowd Jr	Richard Burr, Sue Myrick, John McKee Spratt Jr, Jesse Helms, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, David G Balmer, J Alex McMillan, Melvin L Watt
Robert J Brown	Harvey B Gantt, Richard Burr, Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, Bill Bradley, Republican National Committee, Duke Energy Corporation PAC, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Melvin L Watt
Seddon Goode	Richard Burr, Sue Myrick, John McKee Spratt Jr, Jesse Helms, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, W G Hefner, J Alex McMillan
Roger Milliken	Richard Burr, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Amory Houghton Jr, Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, Republican National Committee, Charles H Taylor, J Alex McMillan
Allen E Gant Jr	Richard Burr, Sue Myrick, Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Charles H Taylor, Tim Valentine
Robin Hayes	Richard Burr, Sue Myrick, Jesse Helms, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Charles H Taylor, W G Hefner, David G Balmer
Hugh L McColl Jr	Harvey B Gantt, Richard Burr, Sue Myrick, John McKee Spratt Jr, W G Hefner, George H W Bush, Stephen L Neal, Melvin L Watt
Herbert A Allen	John Bennett Johnston Jr, Harvey B Gantt, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Bill Bradley, Bill Schuette, Republican National Committee, George H W Bush
Charles Clifford Cameron	Richard Burr, Sue Myrick, Jesse Helms, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, W G Hefner, J Alex McMillan
Jerry Richardson	Richard Burr, Sue Myrick, John McKee Spratt Jr, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, Bill Bradley
Richard DeVos	Sue Myrick, Jesse Helms, Bill Schuette, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, George H W Bush, Business Industry PAC
Donald L Fowler Sr	Harvey B Gantt, John McKee Spratt Jr, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Bill Bradley, Stephen L Neal, Don Ritter, Terry Sanford
Crandall Close Bowles	Harvey B Gantt, John McKee Spratt Jr, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Bill Bradley, W G Hefner, Terry Sanford, Melvin L Watt
Felix Sabates	Richard Burr, Sue Myrick, Jesse Helms, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, George H W Bush, David G Balmer

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William J Armfield IV