Henry
C. Lee is one of the world’s foremost forensic scientists
and has been a prominent player in many of the most challenging cases of
the last 40 years.
His testimony figured prominently in the O. J. Simpson trial and in the conviction of the “Woodchipper” murderer. Dr. Lee has assisted in the investigations of the murder of Jon Benet Ramsey, the 1993 suicide of White House Counsel Vincent Foster, and the reinvestigation of the John F. Kennedy assassination.
In 1975, he joined the University of New Haven, where he created the school’s Forensic Sciences program. Dr. Lee has taught at more than a dozen universities, law schools and medical schools, and has authored hundreds of articles in professional journals and has co-authored more than 25 textbooks, covering the areas of DNA, fingerprints, trace evidence, crime scene investigation and crime scene reconstruction.
He is the recipient of numerous medals and awards, including the 1996 Medal of Justice from the Justice Foundation and the 1998 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Science and Engineer Association. Dr. Lee is also a recipient of the Distinguished Criminalist Award from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the J. Donero Award from the International Association of Identification, and in 1992 was elected a distinguished fellow of the AAFS.
