Henry C. Lee
| Dr. Henry C. Lee | |
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| Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Safety | |
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In office 1998–2000 |
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November 22, 1938 Rugao, Republic of China |
| Nationality | American |
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Central Police College (Police Science) John Jay College (B.S.) New York University (M.S., Ph.D.) University of New Haven (Honorary Degree) |
| Occupation | Forensic Scientist |
Henry Chang-Yu Lee (Chinese: 李昌鈺; pinyin: Lǐ Chāngyù; born 22 November 1938), is an Asian American forensic scientist. He is one of the world's foremost forensic scientists and founder of the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science.
The eleventh of thirteen children, Lee was born in Rugao city, Jiangsu province, China, and fled to Taiwan at the end of the Chinese Civil War in the late 1940s. His father, who was traveling separately from the rest of the family, perished when the passenger ship Taiping sank on 27 January 1949. Growing up fatherless, Lee never aspired to attend university; instead, he went on to graduate in 1960 from the Central Police College with a degree in Police Science. (Central Police College is a "service academy" in Taiwan, and it is tuition-free, with living stipend provided.) Lee then began his work with the Taipei Police Department, where he rose to the rank of captain at age 25, the youngest in Taiwanese history. He later emigrated to the U.S. with his wife in 1965.
In 1972, after coming to the United States to pursue his education, he earned a B.S. in forensic science from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. He went on to study science and biochemistry at New York University and earned his M.S. in 1974 and Ph. D. in biochemistry in 1975.
Lee is currently the director of Forensic Research and Training Center at the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science and Distinguished Chair Professor in Forensic Science at the University of New Haven. Lee was the Chief Emeritus for the Connecticut State Police during 2000 to 2010 and was the Commissioner of Public Safety for the State of Connecticut during 1998 to 2000 and has served as that state’s Chief Criminalist and Director of State Police Forensic laboratory from 1978 to 2000.
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