Armistead Mason Lee

Background

Lee, Armistead Mason was born on April 2, 1916 in Anking, China. Son of Edmund Jennings IV and Lucy Mitchell (Chaplin) Lee. (parents American citizens).

Education

Bachelor, Yale University, 1938; Master of Arts in International Rels., Yale University, 1941; Rhodes scholar, Oxford (England) University, 1938-1939; Master of Public Administration in Economics, Harvard University, 1957.

Career

Reporter, editorial writer, Roanoke (Virginia) World News, summer 1940, 41; foreign service officer, Department State, Toronto, 1943; foreign service officer, Department State, Dakar, 1944-1945; foreign service officer, Department State, Melbourne, Australia, 1946-1948; foreign service officer, Department State, Wellington, New Zealand, 1948-1951; foreign service officer, Department State, Washington, 1951-1954, 63-67; foreign service officer, Department State, Jamaica, 1954-1956; foreign service officer, Department State, Reykjavik, 1957-1959; foreign service officer, Department State, Brussels, 1959-1963; deputy director Office Control Africa Affairs, Department State, 1963-1967; retired, 1967; director economics research, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, Washington, 1967-1982; retired, 1982; economics consultant, since 1982. Economics consultant various pharmaceutical companies, since 1982. Lecturer on foreign policy, since 1985.

Achievements

• Armistead Mason Lee has been listed as a noteworthy Economics consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Society of the Lees of Virginia, Alexandria, 1972-1986. Secretary Committee for Peaceful Progress in South Africa, Washington, since 1986. Member American Foreign Service Association (member retirees advisory committee since 1992), Diplomatic and Consular Officers Retired (member program committee since 1992), National Economists Club (secretary 1976-1977, vice president 1978).

Interests

• Avocations: swimming, church activities.

Connections

Married Eleanore Ruggles Cobb, June 20, 1942. Children: Eleanore Lee Elson, Rebecca Lee Samanci, Jeffrey Armistead.

Father:

Edmund Jennings IV Lee

Mother:

Lucy Mitchell (Chaplin) Lee

Spouse:

Eleanore Ruggles Cobb

child:

Eleanore Lee Elson Lee

child:

Rebecca Lee Samanci Lee

child:

Jeffrey Armistead Lee