Henry Lee (forensic scientist)

At a glance

Born 1938-11-22; died 2026-03-27.

Known as: criminologist, author, and forensic scientist. Citizenship: Republic of China, Taiwan, and United States.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Personal life and death Lee held dual Taiwanese and U.S. citizenship. [ 1 ] Lee resided in Connecticut, where he lived with his wife Margaret Lee, whom he married in 1962, until her death on August 1, 2017. His wife worked as a teacher and then a researcher for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in West Haven, Connecticut . [ 2 ] He had two children, Sherry and Stanley, with her. [ 3 ] He remarried on December 1, 2018, to Xiaping Jiang,

Henry Chang-Yu Lee was a Chinese-American forensic scientist and biochemist.

Early life

Educated at: New York University, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and Central Police University.

Early life and education Lee was born in Rugao , Jiangsu, China, on November 22, 1938, [ 1 ] the eleventh of thirteen children. His family moved to Shanghai in 1942, [ 2 ] and then moved to Taiwan at the end of the Chinese Civil War . His father, who was traveling separately from the rest of the family on the Taiping , disappeared when the passenger ship sank in 1949. [ 3 ] In 1960, Lee graduated from Central Police College with a Bachelor of Arts in police administration.

Path and career

Worked with / for: University of New Haven.

Awards / honours: honorary doctor of the China University of Political Science and Law.

Career Lee was chief emeritus for the Connecticut State Police from 2000 to 2010, commissioner of Public Safety for Connecticut during 1998 to 2000 and Connecticut's chief criminalist and director of the state police forensic laboratory from 1978 to 2000. In 2004, a crime documentary series hosted by Lee, Trace Evidence: The Case Files of Dr. Henry Lee, aired on the then Court TV network (now truTV). [ 1 ] He appeared on Chinese television and online programs such as KangXi Lai Le in Taiwan,

Legacy On November 5, 2016, the Henry C. Lee Museum of Forensic Sciences ( Chinese : 李昌钰刑侦科学博物馆 ) was opened in his hometown of Rugao in Jiangsu, which is the first forensic science museum in the world. The new site opened in November 2023. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] ^ "李昌钰刑侦科学博物馆揭牌 "华人神探"回乡捐赠毕生心血" . China News Service . November 5, 2016 . Retrieved March 28, 2026 . ^ 刘孝斌 (March 28, 2026). "江苏如皋李昌钰刑侦科学博物馆正常开放，正在布置悼念场地，游客可以前往献花，李昌钰生前一直说：我是中国江苏南通如皋人" . Jimu News . Retrieved March 28, 2026 .

Why this date

Henry Lee (forensic scientist) appears on our March 27 calendar for 2026 as a death entry.