Richard Lee, a retired major general in the Army, died Nov. 24, 2011. He was 94.

Lee graduated from the University of Maryland in 1940, and spent a year and a half at Harvard Law School before joining the Army after Pearl Harbor. Returning to the United States in 1948 after service in Europe, he commanded an infantry battalion before entering Princeton and earning a master’s degree in public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School in 1951.

After service on the Army general staff from 1951 to 1954, Lee served in Japan and was an aide to Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer, head of U.S. Forces in the Far East. Returning home in 1957, he attended the Army War College, and served in the office of the Army chief of staff. From 1960 to 1962, he headed the Old Guard, the oldest infantry regiment in the Army.

After 1962, Lee served in Korea, Washington, and Vietnam. In 1971, he became chief of staff of U.S. forces in Japan. He retired in 1974, after being deputy commandant of the National War College.

Lee is survived by his wife, Marianne. His first wife, Helen, died in 1983. He is survived by their two daughters.

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Graduate Class of 1951