Jerry C. Lee

Who is Jerry C. Lee?

Jerry C. Lee was the sixth president of Gallaudet University, later becoming the Chancellor of National University. He received a BA from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1963 where he studied history and psychology and was interested in sports and business, then earned both an MA and an EdD from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. He had been enrolled in the West Virginia Graduate School of Industrial Relations from 1963 to 1964, but did not obtain a graduate degree, then studied for two years at the University of Baltimore School of Law from 1967 to 1969, but did not earn a J.D. degree In 1986 he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Deafness Research Foundation.

Lee worked as a Management Trainee/Industrial Relations Administrator at General Motors Corporation, Fisher Body Division from 1964 to 1965, then served as Vice President for Administration at Commercial Credit Industrial Corporation from 1965 to 1971. From 1971 to 1977 he served as the Director of General Services at Gallaudet and was promoted to Assistant Vice President for Business Affairs there in 1978 and promoted again to be Vice President for Administration and Business in 1982.