Jerry Lee

Who is Jerry Lee?

Jerry Lee is President of the Jerry Lee Foundation. A philanthropist of crime prevention, education and evidence-based policy-making, he was the original donor of the, The Jerry Lee Center of Criminology at the, The Jerry Lee Centre of Experimental Criminology at the, and the Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy in Washington. He is the President of Philadelphia Radio Station B-101 FM, the last independent radio station in a major media market.

Appointed by President to serve on the from 2004 to 2008, he supervised over $1 billion in research funding decisions by the National Institute of Education Sciences. In 2000 was a Trustee of the, a non-profit global network of program evaluators in crime, education and social services now supported by the government of Norway. In 2008 he was Knighted by His, and in 2010 the American Society of Criminology created an annual award named in his honour, the Jerry Lee Award for Lifetime Achievement in Experimental Criminology.