John Francis Lee

John Francis Lee (September 19, 1918 – December 2, 1999) was the first president of Stony Brook University who served January 1, 1961 to November 9, 1961. He also served as the chairmen of the Mechanical Engineering Department at North Carolina State University and as president of International Development Services Inc. for 10 years. He had three brothers and three sisters, most of them being half siblings besides his younger brother Michael Peter Lee. He lived in Boston for almost all of his childhood and adolescence. John Francis Lee enlisted in the army on November 5, 1942, and was discharged on November 21, 1945. This company was started after Hudgens worked with Nelson Rockefeller and was inspired to make his own being IDS. Within two years, John Francis Lee became president of IDS and he held it for ten years. Lee also had a statement in the US Congressional Committee on Agriculture in 1966. He wanted to fight a world war against hunger, claiming to have witnessed famines in India. He also brings up many other underdeveloped countries and why they need assistance.