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Yuan T. Lee Biography
Yuan T. LeechemistBorn: 11/29/1936Birthplace: Hsinchu, Taiwan Yuan T. Lee was one of three who shared the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Although Lee's childhood in Taiwan was interrupted by…Wen Ho Lee Biography
Wen Ho LeeengineerBorn: 1939Birthplace: Nantou, Taiwan Wen Ho Lee got his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Cheng Kung University. In 1965 he came to the U.S. for graduate studies at Texas…Chang-Rae Lee Biography
Chang-Rae Lee novelistBorn: July 29, 1965 Birthplace: Seoul, Korea A second-generation Korean American, Lee immigrated to the United States with his family when he was 3 years old. He was…Grace Lee Boggs Biography
Grace Lee BoggsactivistBorn: 1915Birthplace: Providence, R.I. Boggs enrolled in Barnard College in 1931 at age to study philosophy. She stayed until she received a Ph.D. in 1940. She moved to…Bill Lann Lee Biography
Bill Lann Lee government official Son of Chinese immigrants who ran a laundry in New York City, Lee graduated from Yale University and Columbia University Law School. He became a civil rights…James Warren Lee Biography
James Warren LeezoologistBorn: 1909Birthplace: New Orleans, La. After receiving a B.S. from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia in 1931, New Orleans native James Warren Lee went on to earn…Edgar Lee Masters: Silence
SilenceEdgar Lee MastersI have known the silence of the stars and of the sea, And the silence of the city when it pauses, And the silence of a man and a maid, And the silence of the sick When…Janice-Lee Romary Biography
foil fencerDied: May 31, 2007 (Klamath Falls, Oregon) Best Known as: Olympic foil fencer Former champion foil fencer known for her longevity in the sport…Arthur Lee 2006 Deaths
Arthur LeeAge: 61 musician whose band, Love, never achieved the fame of the groups it influenced, such as the Doors and the Rolling Stones, but is nevertheless considered a pioneering…Lee Petty 2000 Deaths
Lee PettyAge: 86 stock car racing's first superstar of the 1940s and 50s and patriarch of the first family of NASCAR; won inaugural Daytona 500 in a car bearing his trademark #42; three-time…