Eric H.M. Lee ’66

Eric died March 31, 2014, from complications following a stroke, eight days short of his 70th birthday.

Eric graduated from Iolani High School in Honolulu. At Princeton he majored in history, belonged to Young Democrats and Orange Key, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated from Harvard Law School.

Eric began his career as an aide to Sen. Daniel Inouye, working for the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. He then became counsel to the Subcommittee on Foreign Trade and Tourism and finally served as the senator’s legislative director.

Joining AT&T, Eric served in its Regulatory Affairs Division, as public-policy director of AT&T International, and in the AT&T Governmental Affairs Division. Upon leaving AT&T he became public-policy director of the Commercial Internet Exchange Association. Most recently he headed Lee and Associates, a Washington telecommunications-consulting firm.

Eric was a man of wide-ranging interests and accomplishments. He played a major role in developing the Telecommunications Act of 1996. He was an active supporter of gay rights and arts organizations and was a trustee of the S.S. United States Trust.