Daniel Baxter
Illustrations: Daniel Baxter.
Yan Phou Lee married twice and had four children during his half century in the United States. The maps behind the faces in this family tree represent some of the places they lived. Lee’s first wife, Elizabeth Jerome, was born and lived most of her life in New Haven. Their daughter, Jennie Jerome, spent four important years at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. And their son, Gilbert Jerome ’10S, died in World War I when his plane was shot down in France.
Lee met his second wife, Sophie Bolles, when he was working in her hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. Their older son, Clarence Lee, studied and later taught at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Their younger son, Louis Lee ’27S, raised his family in New Canaan, Connecticut. Louis’s daughter, Penny Winfield, now lives in Seattle, Washington. Her brother, Richard Lee ’60, ’64MD, raised his family in Orchard Park, New York. And Richard’s son, Ben Lee ’92, ’99MA, now lives in Shanghai, where he is a high school principal.