Lee was a commissioned Army officer in the Korean War and volunteered for overseas duty. Lee was a senior researcher at Eastman Kodak for more than 30 years. He quietly did many good works, including refugee resettlement, tutoring in the jail, and volunteering at a homeless shelter. A communicant of St. Joseph’s Church for 60 years, he served as Parish Council President, head of the Tithing Committee, was a CCD teacher and regular lector, and helped found a volunteer group that provided programming at the Rochester Psychiatric Center for more than 25 years.