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Pittsburgh from 1962 to 1965. After which he became Head of the Library at the University of Pennsylvania in Edinboro from 1965 to 1968. In 1968 he became the Director of the library and information center at the
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Library Annex was named in his honor as was the first floor of the main library at Ohio University becoming the Hwa-Wei Lee Center for International Collections.
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Overseas
Chinese Documentation and Research. Lee excelled at fundraising and endowments during his time in the libraries grew to over $ 8 million, and grants received were valued at over $ 2.5 million.
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University Libraries where he held the position until 1999, after which he became Dean Emeritus. Under his guidance the Libraries achieved membership in the
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