Thomas H. Lee (power engineer)

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Thomas H. Lee
李天和
BornMay 11, 1923
silicon rectifier
AwardsIEEE Haraden Pratt Award (1983)
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering
InstitutionsGeneral Electric
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Thomas H. Lee (

IEEE Fellow and received the IEEE Haraden Pratt Award
in 1983.

Early life and education

Lee was born May 11, 1923, in

Table Tennis Championship.[1] He enlisted in the Republic of China Army and later joined General Electric in Shanghai.[1]

Lee went to the United States to further his training, and when the Chinese Communist Revolution overthrew the ROC in 1949, he and his wife chose to stay in the U.S. He received his M.S. in electrical engineering from Union College (1950) and his Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1954).[1]

Career

Lee worked for General Electric for 30 years.

mercury-arc rectifier in high-voltage direct current transmission.[5] He held 30 U.S. patents.[6]

Lee taught as an adjunct professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania.[6] In 1980, he joined the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the invitation of Gerald L. Wilson, Dean of the School of Engineering. He was appointed the Philip Sporn Professor of Energy Processing in 1982. He served as Director of the Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems and co-chaired the MIT Sloan School's Management of Technology program. He also served as Director of the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis in Vienna from 1984.[1]

After retiring from MIT in 1988, Lee co-founded the Center for Quality Management (CQM), together with Alex d'Arbeloff and Ray Stata. He served as President of CQM from 1990 to 1998 and became president emeritus afterwards. Joel Moses credits Lee with helping American industry cope with the challenge from Japanese manufacturers.[1]

In 1999 Lee published the book Integrated Management Systems: A Practical Approach to Transforming Organizations, which he co-authored with Shoji Shiba and Robert Chapman Wood. He also wrote Energy After Math, and served as an energy advisor to the government of Finland.[5]

Honors and recognition

Lee was elected a member of the

IEEE Fellow[1] and was awarded the IEEE Haraden Pratt Award in 1983 "for meritorious service to the Institute, for the development of the IEEE Energy Committee, and for promoting public understanding of energy issues".[8]

Personal life

He was married to Kin Ping Lee. The couple lived in Boston and had three sons: William, Thomas Jr. and Richard, and eight grandchildren.[1]

Lee died on February 4, 2001, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He was 77.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Lee, founder of CQM, dies at 77". MIT News. February 14, 2001. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Vacuum Arcs". Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 10. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: 105. 1982.
  3. ^ "Summer Meeting Papers". I. E. E. E. Power Engineering Society. 1976: 36. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ a b "李天和". Chinese Academy of Engineering. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "李天和". People's Daily. September 26, 2003. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  6. ^ a b 1981 DOE Authorization: Hearing Before the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1980. p. 414.
  7. ^ "Dr. Thomas H. Lee". National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  8. ^ "IEEE Haraden Pratt Award recipients" (PDF). IEEE. Retrieved January 20, 2020.

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