Henry C. Lee Interview about forensic science by Katherine Ramsland

Emblem of the Henry C. Lee Forensic Institute (Dr. Henry Lee’s Institute of Forensic Science)

Dr. Henry C. Lee is one the most interesting and knowledgeable
international experts in contemporary crime scene investigation. 
As former Commissioner for the Department of Public Safety, Chief
Criminalist, and Director of the Connecticut State Police Forensic
Science Laboratory in Meriden, CT, he has visited thousands of
crime scenes and testified in numerous high-profile cases, notably
his consultation for the O. J. Simpson defense team. 
Currently he is Chief Emeritus for the Connecticut Division of
Scientific Services, a full professor of forensic science at the
University of New Haven, where he has helped to set up the Henry
C. Lee Forensic Institute.  Available for consultation to
over three thousand agencies, he has assisted law enforcement in
over six thousand cases around the world.

Dr. Henry Lee  (State of Connecticut)

Born in China in 1938, Dr. Lee studied police science in
Taiwan.  He served as a captain of the police force there,
noting the need for scientific methods of solving crimes, before
coming to the United States in 1965 for further education in
forensic science.  He received degrees from John Jay College
of Criminal Justice and New York University.  Aside from his
Ph.D. in human genetics and biochemistry, he has received several
honorary doctorates as well and has been an adjunct professor in
eight different universities.

For almost a decade, Dr. Lee worked at New York University
Medical Center and then created a forensic science program at the
University of New Haven.  In 1992, he was elected a
Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Science. 
Over the years he has authored or co-authored twenty books and
book chapters including Famous Crimes Revisited, Henry Lee’s
Crime Scene Handbook, and Physical Evidence in Forensic
Science, as well as over three hundred articles.  He’s
also been a key consultant in cases such as the reinvestigation of
the Sacco-Vanzetti affair, the JonBenet Ramsey murder, the John F.
Kennedy assassination, and the mystery surrounding Vincent
Foster’s death.

Just back from consulting on a homicide in Miami and receiving
a life achievement award in California to add to his huge
collection of citations and awards, he agreed to interrupt his
busy schedule to give the following interview.