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Christopher John "Chris" Lee (born April 1, 1964) is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for . He served from January 2009 until he resigned February 9, 2011 〔 after it was revealed that he had solicited a woman on Craigslist and emailed a shirtless photo of himself. ==Family, education and business career== Lee was raised in Tonawanda, New York〔"("Chris Lee for Congress" ). Retrieved May 8, 2008〕 in a politically active family. His sister ran regional affairs in western New York for former Governor George Pataki, and his father was the finance chairman on several campaigns for former U.S. Rep. Jack Quinn.〔Horrigan, Marie. ("Endorsement Pits Money vs. Support in Western New York" ). ''Congressional Quarterly''. April 30, 2008〕 Lee earned a B.A. in economics and finance from the University of Rochester and a Master of Business Administration from Chapman University in California.〔Terreri, Jill. ("GOP county leaders line up behind Lee for Congress" ). ''Democrat and Chronicle''. May 1, 2008.〕 At Rochester, he was a member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. During his campaign for Congress, it emerged that Lee was fired from a sales job in Buffalo at Ingram Micro (now in Amherst) when he was 25 years old. He had obtained his supervisor's password and accessed customer accounts to change their credit limits with the company. This meant that the customers could purchase on account more of Ingram's products, thus increasing Lee's commission. Lee and another employee were fired. During the campaign, Lee issued a statement: "At my first job out of college, I made a mistake and broke company policy and was let go. What's important is that I learned from that mistake, and have had a successful career building a business and creating jobs for families here in Western New York."〔(Lee admits to wrongdoing at Ingram Micro )〕 Lee moved to California where he worked for Microtek Laboratory as director of sales before returning to New York in 1995 to work for Enidine, Inc., a company founded by his father. He worked at Enidine in various roles including Pacific Rim sales manager, director of international sales and marketing, and then general manager.〔Fink, James. ("Restructuring may lead to IMC expansion" )〕〔''(Business First of Buffalo )''. June 15, 2004〕 Enidine manufactured products for commercial aviation, and for the industrial and defense markets and had manufacturing capabilities in Orchard Park, New York, as well as Bad Bellingen, Germany and Yokohama, Japan.〔("Global expertise, local solutions" )〕〔(Enidine ITT website ). Retrieved May 6, 2008. Endine's products included shock absorbers, rate controls, air springs, wire rope isolators, and elastomers.〕 Under Lee's direction, the business was transformed "from a small machine shop in western New York to a global enterprise," according to ''The New York Times''.〔 In 2003, Lee became Automation Group President of International Motion Control (IMC) of Erie County, another company founded by his father.〔(Profile: International Motion Control, Inc. )〕〔(Business People: Christopher J. Lee profile ). ''The Buffalo News''. August 11, 2002. The Automation Group companies initially included Enidine Industrial Products, Enidine Germany, Enidine Japan, Compact Automation Products, Midland Pneumatics and JPI Korea.〕 He oversaw the group's acquisition of the solenoid valve firm Evolutionary Concepts Inc., and worked at IMC until it was sold to the ITT Corporation for nearly $400 million.〔"(Motion control company acquires solenoid valve firm )". ''(Hydraulics & Pneumatics )''. March 1, 2006.〕〔Sechler, Bob. ("ITT to Acquire Maker Of Motion-Control Gear" ). ''Wall Street Journal''. June 27, 2007.〕〔("ITT Corp to buy International Motion Control for 395 mil USD" ). ''Forbes''. June 29, 2007〕 Chris Lee and his wife, Michele, have one child.〔("People on the Move" ) ''(Business First of Buffalo )''. November 20, 2000〕 Chris Lee's father established the Patrick P. Lee Foundation, where Chris Lee served as director.〔(Board of Directors of the Patrick P. Lee Foundation )〕 The foundation promotes cancer and mental illness awareness, education, prevention, and research in Western New York.〔Miles, Joyce. ("Lee kicks off campaign for 26th District" ). ''Lockport Union-Sun & Journal''. May 1, 2008〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chris Lee (New York politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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