- Henry Lee (forensic scientist)
Dr. Henry Chang-Yu Lee (Chinese: 李昌鈺,
pinyin : Lǐ Chāngyù) (bornNovember 22 ,1938 ), is one of the world's foremost forensic scientists.Early life and career
Lee was born in
Rugao city,Jiangsu province, China, and fled toTaiwan at the end of theChinese Civil War when he was six. He graduated in 1960 from the Central Police College [ [http://cpuweb.cpu.edu.tw/e-profile.asp About Central Police College] ] with a degree in Police Science. Lee then began his work with theTaipei Police Department, where he rose to the rank of captain at age 25, the youngest in Taiwanese history.In 1972, after coming to the
United States to pursue his education, he earned a B.S. in Forensic Science fromJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice inNew York . He went on to studyscience andbiochemistry atNew York University and earned his M.S. in 1974 and Ph. D. in Biochemistry in 1975.Career
Current career
Lee is currently the Chief
Emeritus for Scientific Services for the State of Connecticut and an occasional lecture professor offorensic science at theUniversity of New Haven , where he has helped to set up theHenry C. Lee Forensic Institute . Previously, he has served as Connecticut's Commissioner of Public Safety, the Director of the Connecticut State Police Forensic Science Laboratory, and as the state’s chief criminologist from 1979 to 2000.Lee currently resides in Connecticut with his wife Margaret, to whom he was married in 1962.
He currently has a TV show on the
truTV network titled "", which highlights his work on many well-known cases.Famous cases
He has worked on famous cases such as the
JonBenét Ramsey murder, theO.J. Simpson andLaci Peterson cases, the post-9/11 forensic investigation, the Washington, DC sniper shootings and to reninvestigate the assassination ofJohn F. Kennedy . He investigated the3-19 Shooting Incident of R.O.C. PresidentChen Shui-bian and Vice PresidentAnnette Lu . Following the O.J. Simpson case Independent CounselKenneth Starr hired Dr. Henry Lee to join his investigation of the death of Deputy White House CounselVincent Foster , who killed himself inFort Marcy Park on July 20, 1993. He also was consulted on the 1991 death of investigative journalistDanny Casolaro : initially, Lee said the evidence presented to him by police was consistent with suicidendash but when additional evidence was revealed to him a few years later, Dr. Lee formally withdrew his earlier statement. See theDanny Casolaro page for further details.Controversy
May 23 ,2007 : Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Larry Fidler, the judge in thePhil Spector murder trial said that he had concluded Dr. Henry Lee hid or accidentally destroyed a piece of evidence from the scene of actress Lana Clarkson's shooting. [ [http://www.courttv.com/trials/spector/052307_ctv.html Judge in Spector trial rules defense expert Dr. Henry Lee hid or destroyed evidence on CourtTVnews.com ] ]Appearances and speeches
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), Baltimore, MD - March 2006
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Choate Rosemary Hall , Wallingford, CT - 2006*
Bronx High School of Science , Bronx, NY - December 2006*
Worcester Polytechnic Institute , Worcester, MA - April 11, 2007*
Alvernia College , Reading, PA - November 23, 2007*
Loomis Chaffee , Windsor, CT- 2004References
External links
* [http://www.drhenrylee.com Official website]
* [http://www.gov.tw/english/news/detail.php?id=20040409cep13&date=20040409 Taiwanese news report] on Lee's arrival in Taipei
* [http://www.kmph.gov.tw/identify/ArticleDetail.aspx?Parm=1505,65,,, Biography (Chinese)]
* [http://www.courttv.com/onair/shows/trace_evidence/ "Trace Evidence: The Case Files of Dr. Henry Lee"]
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