Charles Robert Lee

Background

Lee, Charles Robert was born in 1940.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering, Cornell University, 1962. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1964.

Career

Manager business research United States Steel Company, 1964-1971. Senior vice president finance Penn Central Corporation, 1971-1980, Columbia Pictures Industries, 1980-1983, GTE Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut, 1983-1986, senior vice president finance & planning, 1986-1989, president, chief operating officer, 1988-1992, chief operating officer, chairman, Chief Executive Officer Irving, Texas, 1992—2000, also board directors. Chairman, co-Chief Executive Officer Verizon Communications, New York City, 2000—2002, chairman, 2000—2005.

Retired

Member board directors United Technologies Corporation, Proctor & Gamble Company, U.S. Steel Tower Corporation, United States Steel Corporation, The DIRECTV Group, Inc., Marathon Oil Corporation. Chair President's National Security Telecoms. Advisory Committee board directors.

Achievements

• Charles Robert Lee has been listed as a noteworthy telecommunications company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Cornell University. Board directors Stamford Hospital Foundation, New American Schools Development Corporation. Board directors of the associates Harvard Business School.

Advisory committee president' commission Critical Infrastructure Protection. Member Finance Executives Institute, National Planning Association (committee on new American realities, trustee), Business Roundtable, Stanwich Club, Blind Brook Club, Thunderbird Country Club, Laurel Valley Golf Club.

Connections

Married; 5 children.