ERIC HUNG MUN LEE

Eric died March 31 from complications following a stroke, eight days short of his 70th birthday.

Eric graduated from Iolani High School in Honolulu. At Princeton he majored in history, belonged to Young Democrats and Orange Key, and earned a Phi Beta Kappa key. He graduated from Harvard Law School.  

Eric began his career as an aide to Senator Daniel Inouye, working for the Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, later as counsel to the Subcommittee on Foreign Trade & Tourism, and then as the Senator’s legislative director.

Joining AT&T, Eric served in its Regulatory Affairs Division, as public policy director of AT&T International, and in the AT&T Governmental Affairs Division. Upon leaving AT&T he became public policy director of the Commercial Internet Exchange Association. Most recently he headed Lee and Associates, a Washington telecommunications consulting firm.

Eric was a man of wide-ranging interests and accomplishments. He played a major role in developing the Telecommunications Act of 1996. He was an active supporter of gay rights and arts organizations and was a trustee of the S.S. United States Trust.