An ear, nose and throat specialist, Dr. Lee was an Army major and medical officer in the Korean War. “My belief in the American people is substantiated,” Dr. Lee said. Dr. Lee said his father called the bigots misguided, and urged him to be proud of his heritage. He graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School in 1939, Occidental College in 1943 and the University of Southern California medical school in 1947. She survives him, as do their two children, Pamela Lee and Sammy Lee II, and three grandchildren.

Source: New York Times December 04, 2016 04:52 UTC