Calvin B.T. Lee was an American educator and businessman who served as acting President of Boston University from 1970 to 1971 and Chancellor of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County from 1971 to 1976.

Lee was born in Chinatown, Manhattan in 1934. Lee attended and graduated from Columbia University and the New York University School of Law. He passed the bar in 1958 and began practicing law in Manhattan. He later earned a Ph.D. from New York University. Lee began his academic career at Columbia University, where he was a professor of government and an assistant dean. He then took an administrative position at the United States Office of Education.

In 1968, Lee joined the faculty at Boston University as the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts After President Arland F. Christ-Janer resigned in 1970, Lee was named acting president of the university. During his tenure as acting president, Lee led the university through a two-day student strike, a sit-in at the administration building, numerous rallies and demonstrations, and over 100 bomb threats. Lee then became the University’s executive vice president.