Community Division

Donald Lee is a licensed educator in Music, English, and Educational Administration with 30+ years experience and is currently Instructor of English and Coordinator of Internship Activities for the Department of English and Communications at South Carolina State University after having served 10 years as Director of Fine Arts and English Instructor at the Orangeburg High School for Health Professions. Donald continues to serve as Assistant Director of Bands at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School in Orangeburg, SC. Donald serves on the Board of the Orangeburg Part-Time Players (OPTP) Theatre Troupe as President where he has been given the opportunity to work with various community organizations to help strengthen the BlueBird Theatre which houses the OPTP.

Furthering his commitment to the advancement of theatre in the state of South Carolina and America, Donald was appointed to the Board of Directors for the South Carolina Theatre Association (SCTA) where he serves as Chair of the Community Theatre Division and the Board of Trustees for the Orangeburg County Fine Arts Council (OCFAC). He is also a member of the State Class 3A Marching Band committee for the South Carolina Band Director’s Association (SCBDA). Outside of his community engagements, Donald serves as Grand (National) Vice President for Esquire XIII Fraternity, Inc., and as an elected member of the Kappa Kappa Psi Alumni Association Board of Directors.

Continuing his educational and civic engagements, Donald is an active member of the National Education Association, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), The American Library Association (ALA), the Modern Language Association (MLA), the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), the South Carolina Music Educator’s Association (SCMEA), the South Carolina Band Director’s Association (SCBDA). Donald is a proud brother of Esquire XIII Fraternity, Inc., Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia of America. In his spare time, Donald still arranges and composes music for bands nationwide, performs as a Percussionist/Vocalist/Sound Tech for The SultréMix Band based in Florence, SC, and is a Sensei (Senior Teacher) for Renshi (Master Teacher) John Bates in Bates’ Doryoku Budo Martial Arts School in Orangeburg, SC.

Donald lives in Orangeburg with his wife Josalyn, herself the director of the South Carolina State University Writing Center, and their two youngest children Donald, III, 22, and Jordan, 20. Donald and Josalyn are the proud “PopPop and GiGi” to Jaidyn and Aiden Hughes and Xylee Nichols. Feel free to contact Donald at (803) 707-6497, cell; (803) 536-8355, office; or by email at dleezh@gmail.com.