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LEE RAWSON |
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GENERAL OVERVIEW
Bio:
Native New Mexican
Las Cruces resident for 49 years
LCPS Graduate – Las Cruces High School (top 10 students)
NMSU Graduate – Bachelor of Business Administration
Lee and wife Moira (BS Elementary Education) have home educated their four sons:
Benjamin Luke (28) and Kirstern – Heidi and Will Lee
Simon Andrew (27) and Maria – Grace and Andrew
Philip Mark (25)
Caleb Timothy (18)
Professional Background:
1972 --- Licensed General Contractor (GB98)
1972 --- Residential and commercial rental property
1973 --- Rawson, Inc. Builders Supply (NM) - supplier, subcontractor, and
contractor of
residential and commercial specialty building products, focusing on installed
sales.
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Residential
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Commercial |
| Doors
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Section 8, Hardware |
| Windows
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Locks, Exit Devices, Closers, … |
| Hardware |
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Hollow Meal Doors and Frames
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| Fireplaces, wood and pellet stoves
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Wood Doors |
| Garage Doors |
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Storefront glass and glazing |
| Mirrors and shower doors
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Curtain walls |
| Moulding
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Rolling Steel Doors |
| Skylites |
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Toilet Partitions and accessories |
1984 --- Phillips Leasing (Equipment Rental)
1993 --- Rawson Builders Supply of Texas – west Texas and northern Chihuahua
1996 --- Doors and Millwork by Rawson – manufacturing of custom southwestern
doors and millwork
Professional Associations:
Building Industry Association of Southern New Mexico - 1979 Associate of the
Year
Greater Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce
New Mexico Home Builders Association (life spike) – 1983 Associate of the Year
National Association of Home Builders
Political:
Republican Party (since 1972)
State Representative (1987-1992)
State Senator (1993-2008)
Senate Minority Caucus Chair (1997-2000)
Senate Minority Whip (2001-2008)
Delegate National Republican Convention (1996 & 2000)
National Conference of State Legislators
Council of State Governments West
American Legislative Exchange Council
Border Legislative Conference (legislators from 4 American states and 6 Mexican
states)
NM State Republican Central Committee
NM State Republican Executive Committee
Community Involvement:
1960 --- 1989 First Presbyterian (USA) - deacon and elder
1989 --- University Presbyterian Church (PCA)
1987 --- 1988 Las Cruces Public Schools Building Advisory Committee
1987 --- 1998 National Rifle Association
1987 --- 1991 Mesilla Valley People in Action
1987 --- 1991 MADD
1987 --- 1995 Las Cruces Committee on Concerns of the Handicapped
1988 Las Cruces Public Schools Task Force on Parental Complaint Procedures
1988 --- 1989 East Mesa Land Use Advisory Study Committee
1988 --- 1991 Mesilla Valley Safety Committee
1988 --- 1994 Las Cruces Citizens Against Pornography
1988 --- 2008 Friends of Thomas Branigan Memorial Library
1989 --- 1990 Memorial General Hospital Foundation
1989 --- 1990 NMSU Library Associates
1989 --- New Mexico Right to Life
1991 Coalition for Children Youth & Families
1992 Advisory Board Member, Alliance for the Mentally Ill
1992 BLM District Advisory Council
1992 KRWG Advisory Board
1992 Valley Communities Library Association, Inc.
1992 --- 1993 LCPS Special Education Long Range Task Force Committee
2004 --- Endowment Foundation for Outreach and Witness
New Mexico State University Alumni Association
Aggie Scholarship Association
Dona Ana Arts Council
Achievements:
1968 Eagle Scout (Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Order of the Arrow, Explorers)
1972 National Canoe Champion: 1st place aluminum/3rd place fiberglass
1972 Olympic Trials C-2 (6th place)
1973 National Canoe Champion: 2rd place aluminum/2rd place fiberglass