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Bill Lee

Bill Lee

  • Class
    1966
  • Induction
    2002
  • Sport(s)
    Golf
Lettered in 1963, 64, 65, 66…Team captain in 1965 & 1966…Conference team champions in 1964, 65, 66…Dual meet record (team) of 40-17…CCI medalist in 1963 & 1964…Placed third individually in CCI in 1965 and second in 1966…Team MVP in 1963, 64, 65, 66…Placed 12th in NCAA College Division national tournament in 1964 and team was 13th…Participated in 1965 NCAA College Division national tournament…Placed seventh in 1966 NCAA College Division national tournament with four round total of 302…Qualified and played in 1966 NCAA University Division national tournament…Earned All-America honors in 1964 and 1966…Named Augustana's top "Scholar-Athlete" in 1966 and was selected Phi Beta Kappa in 1966 as well…Set conference record in 1964 with two day score of 138 (67-71) in CCI tournament that stood until it was broken in 2001…Served as Augustana's senior class president in 1966…PERSONAL: Daughter Kathryn and son William…Has masters degrees in Divinity and Sacred Theology from Yale's Divinity School…Currently serving in his 30th year as a pastor in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America…Currently is at Emanuel Lutheran Church in New Haven, Connecticut…He served 10 years as the head of the Welfare Department in the city of New Haven from 1980-90…He was executive director of Life Haven, the first state licensed home for pregnant teens who desired to keep their children from 1990-92…A private pilot since 1974, he is the chaplain of the local Civil Air Patrol…Former member of the board of directors of both the United Way and American Cancer Society…BILL LEE ON HIS AUGUSTANA YEARS: "They were very satisfying and fulfilling, an excellent all around educational experience." 
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