国际知名法医专家李昌钰逝世 享年87岁
国际知名法医专家、华裔科学家李昌钰博士（Dr. Henry C. Lee）于3月27日在内华达州亨德森市的家中安然逝世，享年87岁。逝世消息由其家人与纽黑文大学共同公布；校方表示，他在短暂患病期间一直保持坚韧与从容。临终前，他还在修订一本关于失踪人口调查的新书。
李昌钰1938年11月22日出生于江苏如皋，是家中13个孩子里的第十一个。家人迁往台湾后，他入读中央警官学校，1960年以警察管理学位毕业，在台北市警察局任职，22岁升任队长，是台湾有史以来最年轻的队长。1964年，他与妻子移居美国。
在美国，李昌钰半工半读完成学业：1972年获纽约市立大学约翰·杰伊刑事司法学院法医学学士学位，1974年、1975年先后在纽约大学取得生物化学硕士与博士学位。他一生只读了这些年书，却收到过30个荣誉学位。
1975年，他加入康涅狄格州纽黑文大学，创办该校法医学项目——从一间只有一套指纹工具的教室起步，把它建成了全美公认最好的法医学系之一。1998年，他创立李昌钰法医学研究所；2010年，三层楼、配备犯罪现场中心与高科技鉴识实验室的研究所大楼启用。他在该校任教超过五十年，深受学生爱戴。
1978年至2000年，李昌钰任康涅狄格州首席刑侦专家兼州警法医科学实验室主任；1998年至2000年，他出任州公共安全厅厅长兼州警政署署长；2000年至2010年任州科学服务局荣誉首席专家。一位退休的康州检察官评价说，他改变了警察和刑侦人员眼中的法医学。
在五十多年的职业生涯里，李昌钰以鉴识专家身份走遍美国50个州和46个国家，在70多个国家讲学，为约600家执法机构担任顾问，在刑事与民事法庭出庭作证超过一千次。让他家喻户晓的是1995年的辛普森案：他为辩方作证，指出洛杉矶警方对案发现场血迹证据的处理「有些不对劲」。他还曾为多起轰动全美的案件提供鉴识协助，包括女童琼贝妮特·拉姆齐命案、海莉·克拉夫茨「碎木机杀妻案」、拉西·彼得森案、实习生钱德拉·列维失踪案、伊丽莎白·斯马特绑架案，并参与九一一事件的鉴识工作与肯尼迪总统遇刺案的重新调查。
据美联社报道，2023年，一名联邦法官裁定李昌钰在一起1989年谋杀案中就一处血迹证据所作的证词存在问题、须承担法律责任，康涅狄格州随后同意支付2500万美元和解。李昌钰生前始终表示，他在该案中的工作没有不当之处。
李昌钰一生著有或合著40多部法医学著作，早年还主持过法庭电视台的纪录片系列《痕迹证据：李昌钰博士的案件档案》。他常把「化不可能为可能」挂在嘴边。2016年，他的家乡江苏如皋设立了李昌钰刑侦科学博物馆，收藏他捐赠的毕生心血。他为法医学培训了几代学生与执法人员，许多华人家庭是通过他的书和电视节目，第一次了解现代刑侦科学。
李昌钰的第一任妻子玛格丽特于2017年逝世。他身后留下妻子蒋霞萍、女儿雪莉、儿子斯坦利与四名孙辈。
Henry C. Lee, World-Renowned Forensic Scientist, Dies at 87
Dr. Henry C. Lee, the world-renowned forensic scientist, died peacefully on March 27 at his home in Henderson, Nevada, after a brief illness. He was 87. His passing was announced by his family together with the University of New Haven, where he taught for more than 50 years. In his final days, he was finishing a book on missing-person investigations.
Lee was born on November 22, 1938, in Rugao, Jiangsu, China, the eleventh of 13 children. His family emigrated to Taiwan, where he earned a degree in police administration from the Central Police College in 1960 and joined the Taipei Police Department, rising to captain at 22 — the youngest in Taiwanese history. He moved to the United States with his wife in 1964.
Working his way through school, Lee earned a bachelor's degree in forensic science from John Jay College in 1972, and a master's (1974) and a Ph.D. (1975) in biochemistry from New York University. He would go on to receive 30 honorary degrees.
In 1975, Lee joined the University of New Haven in Connecticut and founded its forensic science program, building it from a single classroom with one fingerprint kit into one of the most respected programs in the nation. In 1998 he founded the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science, and in 2010 the university opened a three-story, 15,000-square-foot home for the institute, with a crime scene center and a state-of-the-art forensic laboratory. He taught at the university for more than five decades and was a favorite of students and alumni.
From 1978 to 2000, Lee served as Connecticut's chief criminalist and director of the Connecticut State Police Forensic Science Laboratory. From 1998 to 2000 he was also Commissioner of the state Department of Public Safety and the Connecticut State Police, and from 2000 to 2010 he served as Chief Emeritus of the state's Division of Scientific Services. A retired Connecticut prosecutor once said that what Lee did changed the face of forensic knowledge among police officers and criminal justice professionals.
Over his career, Lee worked as a forensic expert in all 50 states and more than 46 countries, lectured in more than 70 countries, consulted for some 600 law enforcement agencies, and testified more than 1,000 times in criminal and civil courts. He became a household name in 1995, testifying for the defense in the O.J. Simpson murder trial and declaring that there was "something wrong" with the way Los Angeles police had handled blood evidence at the scene. He also provided investigative assistance in some of America's most closely watched cases, including the murder of JonBenét Ramsey, the Helle Crafts "woodchipper" murder, the Laci Peterson case, the death of Chandra Levy, the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart, the 9/11 forensic investigation, and the reinvestigation of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
In 2023, as the Associated Press reported, a federal judge found Lee liable over his testimony about a piece of blood evidence in a 1989 Connecticut murder case, and the state later agreed to a $25 million settlement. Lee maintained throughout his life that he had done nothing wrong in the case.
Lee authored or co-authored more than 40 books and hosted the 2004 Court TV documentary series "Trace Evidence: The Case Files of Dr. Henry Lee." His motto was "Make the impossible possible." In 2016, a museum of forensic science bearing his name opened in his hometown of Rugao, built around materials he donated. Through his books and television work, generations of students, investigators, and Chinese American families first encountered modern forensic science through him.
Lee was predeceased by his first wife, Margaret, in 2017. He is survived by his wife, Angel Xiaping Jiang; his daughter, Sherry Hersey; his son, Stanley Lee; and four grandchildren.
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图片来源：李昌钰在纽黑文大学李昌钰法医学研究所。图片来源：纽黑文大学（官方发布）。Dr. Henry C. Lee at the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science. Photo: University of New Haven (official release).
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