Dear Professor Lee,

As we look back at our journey as physics graduate students in Buffalo, a lot of memories are filled with you. You are one of those professors we cannot forget. 

When we first came to this country from mainland China as graduate students, we were so out of touch with the western world culture and felt lonely and homesick in this new world. You were one of the people we met who have helped us in many ways to make our life easier as foreign students. During holidays and many weekends, you often opened your doors and welcomed us to your home. Together, we'd enjoy Chinese foods, share personal experiences, and invariably discuss latest physics advances as a group. Those small group gatherings helped us tremendously. Your home was like a heaven and shelter to us. Whenever we need to make decisions in our student life, we'd always reach out to you and get answers and/or advices from you. You are like a father figure to us.

Not only did you play a father figure role in our personal life in a foreign country, but also a teacher and mentor in our physics studies. Whenever we had difficulty in understanding a physics concept, you were always there to help us. Your explanation always shed light for us in our studies. 

We admire you for your broad knowledge and marvelous ability to make difficult physics subjects easier and more fun to learn. Your passion in physics had such a positive impact on our life and your guidance helped us in so many ways. We want to let you know how lucky we feel to have you as one of our professors.  

May you rest in peace and continue your great passion in physics! You'll be forever missed, Dr. Y. C. Lee!
 
With Love, 
Lijing Cui and Xichun Liu


Professor Lee is a brilliant scholar, mentor, and teacher.  He is also a very kind-hearted person.  He brought so much joy and happiness to all his students with his gentleness and caring manner.  One highlight during my graduate life in Buffalo, especially in cold winters, are parties in Professor Lee’s house with fellow students.  Every gathering is a festivity with abundance of food and drinks.  We listened to music, made music (singing and playing instruments), and talked about anything, news, culture, politics, and of course, physics.  These are memories that I will forever treasure.  - Jim Li


Dear Professor Lee,
I want to sincerely thank you for gaining a wide range of knowledge from your teaching, and also for the truth of doing things from your contacts. The time I studied at UB in 1970s was the most memorable time of my life. You are a great teacher. You will be missed by everyone of us.

Dear Professor Lee,

    How fortunate it is for me to have you my mentor, both in physics and in life. Not being able to visit you and share a moment of laughter with you again is my great loss. 

    Your resilient attitude in tackling difficult concepts in physics and your zest for unraveling them into simple intuitive insights have transformed my attitude towards my career and my life. 

    You will be deeply missed.
    Our deep condolences go also to Julie and family.

Lydia, Chon-Saar, and Enoch and Hannah
   




Our deepest sympathy goes out to  Julie and the family.  We are saddened by your loss. 
YC  was very helpful to me on several occasions and he was an additional mentor to several of my PhD students.  I always appreciated his ability to explain complex theories in terms of simple physical ideas, as well as his penetrating questions at colloquia and seminars (and at PhD thesis defenses). 
He was a kind and gentle person whose company we enjoyed greatly.  We shall miss him. 

Bruce McCombe and Renee Bush.



You are unforgettable we will always love you 

Dear Professor Lee,

Thank you for your kindness and gentle guidance. We first met in 2005 when I joined the UB Physics Department. Your wisdom and support meant more to me than I could ever acknowledge. May you rest in peace!  My sincere condolences to your family. 

With the utmost respect, 

Ia Iashvili


Dear Prof. Lee,

You had been a teacher long before I knew you personally. Thank you for being a great mentor and a friendly colleague. Your shrewd questions at the end of the colloquia always made for thought-provoking discussions and will remain a fond memory. May you rest in peace!

Hao Zeng


Dear Professor Lee,
Thank you so much for all your warmth and encouragement when we first came to Buffalo.  Your example of integrity, curiosity and humor continues to inspire us.  We love to tell stories of your colloquium questions which had preambles that provided the rest of us with insight into what the speaker was getting at.  
with love and highest respect,
Andrea Markelz and John Cerne 

Dear Prof. Lee,

You retired soon after I arrived to UB. Still I have you among my best memories. Very nice, polite and always smiling.  May you rest in peace!

Dejan

Dear Professor Lee:

Thank you for being a mentor to Shujone at the University of Buffalo. Thank you for your guidance, support and care to him for so many years. You will be missed. 

May you rest in peace! 

Respectfully, 

Grace Jen Lee

Stay in Heaven, 爸！
Listen to those 1,000,000 year old angels when they give speeches, they'll help you stay in Heaven!
But DO ask the 1,000,000 year old loving angels to ask The Creator of the Universe to have mercy on Earth humans like me and send  the Holy Angels (and The Christ) if possible, to help us here on Earth. We need the help badly (at least I know I do), as things are getting worse and worse.
Love, 天齊

AVIS DE DÉCÈS

Yung Chang Lee

7 novembre 1935 – 10 janvier 2023

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