Lee, J. Edward 1953- (Edward Lee, Joseph Edward Lee)

PERSONAL:

Born September 24, 1953, in Chester, SC; son of Tyre Douglas, Sr. (a police officer) and Ola (a teacher) Lee; married Ann-Franklin Hardy, September 24, 1983; children: Elizabeth Ann. Ethnicity: "White." Education: Attended Presbyterian College, 1971-75; Winthrop University, M.A., 1983; University of South Carolina, Ph.D., 1983-87. Politics: Independent. Religion: Presbyterian. Hobbies and other interests: Tennis, football, basketball.

ADDRESSES:

Home—York, SC. Office—Department of History, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 29733; fax: 803-323-4023.

CAREER:

University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, professor of history, 1985-94; Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, professor of history, 1994—.

MEMBER:

South Carolina Historical Association (past president), South Carolina Historical Society, South Caroliniana Society, Yorkville Historical Society (past president), Rotary Club (member of board of directors).

AWARDS, HONORS:

R. Means Davis fellow in southern history, University of South Carolina.

WRITINGS:

(Under name Edward Lee; editor) Yorkville to York, Taylor Publishing (Dallas, TX), 1998.

Gateway to the New South, Arcadia Publishing (Charleston, SC), 1999.

(With Ron Chepesiuk and Gina Price White) Along the Catawba River, Arcadia Publishing (Charleston, SC), 1999.

(Editor, with Toby Haynsworth) White Christmas in April: The Collapse of South Vietnam, 1975, Peter Lang (New York, NY), 2000.

(Editor, with Ron Chepesiuk) South Carolina in the Civil War: The Confederate Experience in Letters and Diaries, McFarland and Co. (Jefferson, NC), 2000.

(With Jerry L. West) York and Western York County, SC: The Story of a Southern Eden, Arcadia Publishing (Charleston, SC), 2001.

(With Toby Haynsworth) Nixon, Ford, and the Abandonment of South Vietnam, McFarland and Co. (Jefferson, NC), 2002.

John Gary Anderson and His Maverick Motor Company: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Rock Hill Rival, History Press (Charleston, SC), 2007.

SIDELIGHTS:

J. Edward Lee once told CA: "As a native southerner, I write passionately about our region and the wars which have engulfed our sons and daughters. I write for my students, hoping to convey to them the richness of our heritage and the perils of warfare."