Background
Lee, Wallace Williams was born on June 28, 1915 in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States. Son of Wallace Williams and Caryl (Ames) Lee.
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Wallace Williams Lee
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Bachelor of Science in Hotel Adminstrn, Cornell Univercity, 1936; postgraduate in Advanced Business Mgmt, Columbia, 1954.
Career
Assistant manager, Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1938-1942; resident manager, Hotel Thayer, West Point, New York, 1945-1947; manager, Hotel Anderson (Indiana), 1947-1948; resident manager, Hotel Roosevelt, New York City, 1951-1953; vice president, general manager, Hotel Roosevelt, 1954; assistant manager, Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, 1948-1951; manager, Waldorf-Astoria, 1954-1959; vice president, resident manager, Waldorf-Astoria, 1959-1961; vice president, general manager, The Barclay and Park Lane Hotels, New York City, 1961-1963; group vice president accommodations, Howard Johnson Company, 1963-1980; director, Smiley Brothers, Inc., 1981-1996; member Executive Committee, Smiley Brothers, Inc., 1982-1987.
Achievements
Membership
Vice chairman Animal Husbandry/Master of Arts advising committee to Statler Foundation, 1966-1972. Member executive bd.Greater New York county Boy Scouts American, 1960-1971, member Executive Board Boston Council, 1971-1979, chairman camping Northeast region, 1972-1973. Board directors, 1960-1971, vice president board directors Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater New York, 1965-1971.
Board directors Travelers Aid Society, New York City, 1959-1966. Trustee American Hotel Foundation, 1973-1978. President Hospitality, Lodging and Travel Research Foundation, 1975-1980.
Trustee Christ Church Methodist New York City, 1959-1964, chairman ocfl. board, 1963-1964. Trustee Congressional Church, Sherman, Connecticut, 1965-1968, deacon, 1981-1983. Associate 1st Presbyterian Church, Orlando, Florida, 1990-1997.
Active Congressional Church of Tryon, North Carolina, since 1998. Member Cornell Hotel Society (president 1953-1954, trustee Foundation 1991-1998), American Security Council, Connecticut Society Mayflower Descendant, Ednl. Institute, Timber Trails Club (president 1966-1967).
Connections
Married Doris Card, September 19, 1942. Children: Doris Lee Bessette, Frederic Williams.
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Congregationalist
Awards
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Recipient Silver Beaver award Boy Scouts American, 1964, Distinguished Achievement in Edition and Advancing Profession of Innkeeping award Hotel and Restaurant Management Society New York University, 1964, award of merit American Hotel and Motel Association, Hospital Travel Research Foundation, 1980. Named Man of Year Young Men’s Christian Association Neighbor Youth Branch Greater New York, 1961. Named to Hall of Fame Hospitality Magazine, 1965.Recipient Silver Beaver award Boy Scouts American, 1964, Distinguished Achievement in Edition and Advancing Profession of Innkeeping award Hotel and Restaurant Management Society New York University, 1964, award of merit American Hotel and Motel Association, Hospital Travel Research Foundation, 1980. Named Man of Year Young Men’s Christian Association Neighbor Youth Branch Greater New York, 1961. Named to Hall of Fame Hospitality Magazine, 1965.