Background
Bissette, Winston Louis was born on September 18, 1943 in Statesville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Winston Louis and Rubye (Goode) Bissette.
Bissette, Winston Louis was born on September 18, 1943 in Statesville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Winston Louis and Rubye (Goode) Bissette.
Wake Forest University (Bachelor of Arts, 1965). University of North Carolina (Juris Doctor, 1968). University of Virginia (M B A., 1970).
Phi Delta Phi.
Mayor, City of Asheville, 1985- 1989. Member, Probate and Fiduciary Law Section and Tax Section, North Carolina Bar Association. Member, Tax Section, American Bar Association.
Assistant vice president, Wachovia Bank & Trust Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1970-1974; vice president, treasurer, Western Carolina Bank, Asheville, North Carolina, 1974-1976; partner, McGuire, Wood & Bissette, P.A., Asheville, since 1976.
Mayor City of Asheville, 1985-1989, member city county, 1983-1989. Co-chairman I-26 corridor Association, since 1987. Chairman West North Carolina Development Association, 1995-1998.
Regional advisory county Housing and Urban Development, 1986-1990. Member Governor's Task Force on Urban Transportation, 1986, Year of the Mountains Commission, 1995-1997. Chairman Asheville Sports Committee, 1991-1997, Buncombe County Economics Development Commission, since 1997, Asheville Cmty.
Betterment Foundation, 1992. Board of trustees Wake Forest U., since 1996, Western Carolina U., since 1995. Chairman Advantage Asheville, since 1996.
Secretary-treas.Grove Arcade Public Market Foundation, since 1992. Board directors Mission-St. Joseph'sHealth Sys., Inc., 1996-1999. Member American Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association, Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce (president 1991-1992), Wake Forest U. Alumni Association (president 1992-1993), Country Club of Asheville, Civitan Club.
Married Sara Oliver, August 21, 1965;children: W. Louis III, Thomas Anderson.