Dr. Henry Chang-Yu Lee has been a state police commissioner, chief state fire marshal, chief building inspector, director of the state forensic laboratory, and university professor (Watanabe, 2000). When Lee moved to the United States from Taiwan in 1965, he enrolled at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, following that with graduate work at New York University (NYU) Medical Center, where he studied under Sylvia Lee-Huang and Nobelist in physiology or medicine Severo Ochoa (Wikipedia, 2015). Lee completed his Ph.D. in human genetics and molecular biology in 1975 (Watanabe, 2000).
"After graduating from NYU, Lee took a position at the University of New Haven in Connecticut, where, not forgetting his interest in police work, he established a forensic sciences program, in which he is still a professor," writes Myrna Watanabe of The Scientist magazine (Watanabe, 2000). And during that time, forensic sciences began to become an official field. Lee proudly notes that his team--a term he insists on, saying, "We work together"--has made contributions to many of the evolving areas of forensic sciences. Lee's team has also worked on methods that enhance the role of biochemistry in forensics: blood group typing, typing of isoenzymes in human bone, and DNA profiling (Watanabe, 2000).
Lee also has a lot of international fame and renown. He is a public speaker, is the author of a book called "Dr. Henry Lee's Forensic Files," and has a TV show called "The Staircase (Wikipedia, 2015)." He is also the founder of the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science, a branch of the University of New Haven. The purpose of this building is to conduct advanced forensic research and train law enforcement professionals from around the globe (University of New Haven, 2015). Despite early difficulties, he persevered, working harder than everyone and maintaining high ethical standards. His colleagues say he is always helping people, he is fair, and he likes to help junior people in the field and even new immigrants to the United States (Watanabe, 2000).
"After graduating from NYU, Lee took a position at the University of New Haven in Connecticut, where, not forgetting his interest in police work, he established a forensic sciences program, in which he is still a professor," writes Myrna Watanabe of The Scientist magazine (Watanabe, 2000). And during that time, forensic sciences began to become an official field. Lee proudly notes that his team--a term he insists on, saying, "We work together"--has made contributions to many of the evolving areas of forensic sciences. Lee's team has also worked on methods that enhance the role of biochemistry in forensics: blood group typing, typing of isoenzymes in human bone, and DNA profiling (Watanabe, 2000).
Lee also has a lot of international fame and renown. He is a public speaker, is the author of a book called "Dr. Henry Lee's Forensic Files," and has a TV show called "The Staircase (Wikipedia, 2015)." He is also the founder of the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science, a branch of the University of New Haven. The purpose of this building is to conduct advanced forensic research and train law enforcement professionals from around the globe (University of New Haven, 2015). Despite early difficulties, he persevered, working harder than everyone and maintaining high ethical standards. His colleagues say he is always helping people, he is fair, and he likes to help junior people in the field and even new immigrants to the United States (Watanabe, 2000).
Dr. Henry Lee started working at the University of New Haven after graduating from NYU.
The oj simpson caseOn July 8th, 1994, O.J. Simpson was ordered by the Municipal Court to stand trial for murder, after Dr. Lee's shocking discovery that Mr. Simpsons's blood matched a drop of blood found where his former wife and a friend were slashed to death (Drummond Ayres, 1994).
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the suicide of Vince FosterOn July 20, 1993, Deputy White House councel Vince Foster was found dead. According to research done by Dr. Lee, Foster was suffering from severe depression before he made his decision to shoot himself in the mouth with a revolver (Drehle, 1994).
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Jonbenet Ramsey's disappearanceJonBenet Ramsey was a 6-year-old found murdered in her parents' Boulder, Colorado, home on December 26, 1996. Because of fingerprint and blood analyses, in 1999, a Colorado grand jury had voted to indict John and Patricia Ramsey with the murder of their daughter on charges of child abuse resulting in death (Wikipedia, 2015).
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