(1890-1958)John Milton Lee
| (1890-1958) |
JOHN MILTON LEE. John Milton Lee, a personable, confident graduate from the Danville, Indiana high school entered the University in 1910 where he completed three years of pre-medical study. Lee was from the beginning an active and interested participant in the founding of Kappa Alpha Nu. In 1915, he attended Temple University but was compelled to leave because of a death in the family. In 1918, he enlisted in the 349th Field Artillery and served overseas as a sergeant first class and gunner. His was the first all African-American battery to open fire on an enemy. John fired the first shot. John Milton Lee was associate editor of Modern Artillerymen, the official record of Battery F. 349th Artillery. Helped organize, and was for several years the president of, the Fairview Gold Club, the first Negro Golf Club in Pennsylvania. In 1931he married Mary Walker Robinson. Vocationally, he was engaged in several enterprises. For eight years, he conducted a successful catering business in Philadelphia; he organized and served as Vice-President and Secretary of the Mutual Emergency Union, a mutual aid company in Philadelphia. He was also a member of the board of Managers of the Columbia Community Branch of the YMCA. He died January 8, 1958. |