Donald Woodward Lee (April 17, 1910 − May 31, 1977) was an American philologist who served until 1975 as Professor of English at the University of Houston.
Donald Woodward Lee was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on April 17, 1910.
Lee was an editor of the Third Edition of the Merriam Webster Dictionary and the author of several English textbooks.
He was a member of the Modern Language Association of America, the Linguistic Society of America, the National Council of Teachers of English and other related organizations.
He died at the University of Texas Medical Branch on May 31, 1977 after a brief illness.