R. Michael Leonard (left) and his wife Michelle of Winston-Salem, North Carolina Representative Charles H. Taylor, an unidentified man, and Mimi Cecil of Asheville visiting Washington (along with Senators John Edwards and Jesse Helms) for the purpose of obtaining a conservation easement to protect the Blue Ridge Parkway. Certificates on the wall suggest photograph taken in the office of Congressman Taylor, who was the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations.
Mr. Leonard won the 2010 North Carolina Award for Public Service for his key role in the acquisition of Grandfather Mountain and Chimney Rock as North Carolina State Parks.
