Leopold Adler, II, of Savannah, passed away on January 29.  Long a proponent of historic preservation, Adler played a role in preservation efforts throughout the nation, including North Carolina.  Myrick Howard, Executive Director of Preservation North Carolina, remembers the many ways Adler helped PNC. 

Lee was a mentor to many of the nation's leading preservationists. He was a passionate advocate for the use of revolving funds, and he took that message far and wide. He came to North Carolina in 1974 and was the keynote speaker at the Antiquities Society's last annual meeting, and our statewide revolving fund, the first of its kind in the country, was incorporated the next year. Through the work of North Carolina's fund, more than 600 historic properties have been preserved, resulting in the investment of more than $200 million. It wouldn't have happened without Lee's setting out a vision of what could be accomplished. For more than a decade, the National Trust did an annual conference session called "Real Estate is the Name of the Game." Lee instigated it, and he annually cajoled the Trust into doing it again and again. Scores would show up every year: some for the first time, others for the second or third -- or tenth. Every year the reviews were outstanding. Lee inspired us to dig in and make preservation work -- on the ground. He was quite the character, and he will be sorely missed. My deepest sympathy to Emma and other family members. 

 Read Adler's obituary here.