Background
Lee, Gene Baxter was born on November 6, 1923 in Rensselaer, Indiana, United States. Son of Walter R. and Lillian M. (Baxter) Lee.
Lee, Gene Baxter was born on November 6, 1923 in Rensselaer, Indiana, United States. Son of Walter R. and Lillian M. (Baxter) Lee.
Bachelor of Science in Business, Indiana University, 1944. Juris Doctor, Indiana University, 1946.
Partner Brubaker, Rockhill & Lee, and successor firms Rockhill and Lee, Rockhill, Vanderveer, Rowdabaugh & Lee, and Rockhill, Vanderveer, Kennedy & Lee, Warsaw, 1948—1962. Judge Kosciusko Circuit Court, 1963—1979. United States magistrate United States District Court (northern district) Indiana, South Bend, from 1979.
Member faculty National Institute Trial Advocacy. With United States Army, 1942-1943.
Chairman Kosciusko County Republican Central Committee, 1949—1952. Delegate Indiana Republican Convention, 1950—1966. Member of Judicial Conference 7th Federal Court, National Conference United States Magistrates, Indiana Judges Association, Indiana State Bar Association, Kosciusko County Bar Association, Shriners, Masons, Elks Club, Tippecanoe Lake Country Club.
Married Mary Lueille Knepper, August 24, 1946. Children: Susan Lee Grosick, Kathryn Lee Frid, Deborah Lee Cusick, Gene Baxter.