Lee died Mar. 12, 2001. He was a native of Birmingham. He attended the former Birmingham U. School and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, where he participated in swimming, tennis, and orchestra.
Lee entered Princeton in June 1943 and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Feb. 1946. He served in the Navy, first in the V-12 program and later as an ensign. Lee was a Rhodes Scholar at New College of Oxford U. in England, where he earned a PhD in physics.
He served as an instructor of physics at Princeton and also as an assistant professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lee retired in 1993 from Lincoln Laboratories in Lexington, Mass., as a senior scientist.
In retirement, Lee served on several boards and read for Recording for the Blind. He also loved to travel, and some of his destinations included Morocco, Indonesia, Indo-China, and England.
Lee never married and is survived by a sister, a brother, several nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and a great-nephew. To all his family members, the class extends its deepest sympathy on the passing of this very talented gentleman.
The Class of 1947