Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. has appointed Mr. Thomas Council of Fayetteville to the North Carolina Real Estate Licensing Board. Mr. Council will fill the unexpired term of Mr. James A. Beaty, Jr. who relinquished his membership on the Board upon being named a Special Superior Court judge.

Mr. Council is President of Council Real Estate, Inc., a Fayetteville real estate brokerage firm. He is a member of the N. C. Association of REALTORS and has served on the Board of Directors of the Fayetteville Area Board of REALTORS. A graduate of the REALTORS' Institute in Chapel Hill, he has completed numerous courses in real estate brokerage, sales, and appraisal. He is a graduate of Fayetteville State University and received a Masters Degree from Indiana University.

Active in civic and community affairs, he has received many awards and recognitions. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Fayetteville State University Foundation, receiving that institution's Alumni Achievement Award in 1972 and its Alumni Award for Leadership and Dedicated Service in 1973. He is currently serving as President of the Fayetteville Housing Corporation and Vice President of the Board of Trustees of Fayetteville Technical Institute. A former member of the Board of Directors of the Fayetteville Area Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Council was named Businessman of the Year in 1974 by the Fayetteville Business League and Citizen of the Year in 1978 by the Omega Fraternity.

He is married to the former Jeannette Melvin who is Elementary Supervisor for the Fayetteville City Schools. They have one son, Thomas, age 12.