page_title: Robert E. Lee (FCC)
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Robert E. Lee (FCC) / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: J. Edgar Hoover, head of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1961. Deutsch: J. Edgar Hoover, der wohl berühmteste und berüchtigste FBI-Direktor Italiano: John Edgar Hoover nel 1961 Polski: J. Edgar Hoover przez 48 lat stał na czele BOI, następnie od 1935 roku już FBI Svenska: John Edgar Hoover
context_page_description: Robert E. Lee was a 20th-century American government official, best known as Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission from 1953 to 1981, including Interim FCC Chairman and Chairman.
context_section_description: In 1932, while still a student, Lee began his career as a night clerk and auditor at the Congress Hotel in Chicago.  In 1933, he had become assistant auditor at the Great Northern Hotel in Chicago.  In 1935, he became auditor of the Roosevelt Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri.  Later that year, he became auditor of the American Bond and Mortgage Company Bondholders Protective Committee.
  In 1938 through 1941, Lee served as a special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and worked in Washington, Newark, New York City, and Chicago.  From 1941 to 1946, he became a chief FBI clerk and then administrative assistant to J. Edgar Hoover.
  In 1946 through 1953, Lee became director of Surveys and Investigations on the U.S. House Appropriations Committee.
caption: J. Edgar Hoover, under whom Lee worked directly (1941-1946)
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