The “About” section of most websites is intended to impress the surfer, usually related to some commercial purpose. Such is not the case here. This “About” has a familial slant; seeking to provide background data about the author and his family, especially his ancestors and his early life with them – the kind of data that the author would have loved to have had from his ancestors, BUT, if you are not related to Clan Lovett or aren’t in propinquity with same, you will likely find this “About” section as boring as watching grass grow.
About Lee G. Lovett
This truncated Resume reveals a career of doing entrepreneurial start-ups, mostly telecommunications-related, while practicing law as an obligatory sideline.
Career. Among several co-founders of some 100 telecommunications businesses (e.g., radio stations (1960’s); cable TV companies (1960’s-1970’s); cellular telephone systems (1980’s); a long-distance telephone company; and an SMR wireless telco (1980-1990’s) and miscellaneous others (2000-). Most of the foregoing have been sold to public companies, and, except for a handful, all are believed to be still operating.
Professional; Education. As a co-founder of several law firms in the 1960’s and 1970’s, Lee is still a member of the American Bar Association and of the bars of D.C. and MD, Lee’s law partners have variously included Frederick W. Ford (past Chairman of the FCC and past-President of the National Cable TV Association and Assistant Attorney General of the U.S.); Mark A. White (past General Counsel to the National Association of Securities Dealers); Ralph ‘Bullet” Pittman (ex-All American footballer at Baylor and Sam Rayburn’s Legal Assistant for 15 years); Robert M. Booth (a past President of the Federal Communications’ Bar Association); and Thomas L. Siebert (past U.S. Ambassador to Sweden). Lee authored over 50 published legal articles and three books on communications law (“Interpreting the Rules and Regulations of the Federal Communications Commission”, as published by Tab Books/McGraw Hill in 1960’s-70’s), and was an Editor of the FCBA Law Journal in the 1970’s. During the 1960’s and 1970’s, Lee also appeared on several dozen radio programs, a half dozen TV shows, and was a speaker at dozens of national, state and regional conventions of broadcasters and cable TV companies, and was a member of the Broadcast Pioneers (1979) and Cable TV Pioneers (1977). Education: George Washington U. Law School, LL.B. ’58; recipient of multiple American Jurisprudence Scholarship Awards; Principia College, BA English-Political Science ’55; five years at his favorite school, Landon Preparatory School for Boys in Bethesda, MD.
Charity. His primary charitable efforts have been directed towards those with the speech disability of stuttering and severe speech anxiety. As one who stuttered from his teens until age 30, he had coached children (as a labor of love) all his life. Then, in 2015, he wrote the first of his eight books related to stuttering ((https://amzn.to/36M002S), his magnum opus being the 700-page “How to Stop Stuttering & Love Speaking”; his “Stop Stuttering SHORT Course” is an 86-page cliff-notes version of the former; and his “Stuttering Stories with Happy Endings: 101 Real Life Stories” describes the results of his revolutionary methods of stopping stuttering and learning to love to speak. All of these books contradicted the still prevailing “wisdom” or assertions by the world’s speech professionals that stuttering was and is “incurable and must be accepted”. Lee strong disagreed and has devoted much of his life to helping stutterers prove that they can stop stuttering and live seamlessly in the fluent world. In all his books, Lee included his email address and invited readers to contact him for help. From 2016 to the present, he coached/coaches stutters full time, seven days a week, having done some 10,000 hours of coaching sessions by 2024, all no charge, thus helping hundreds stop stuttering and learn to love to speak. Over 2,000 of his coaching videos can be seen by members of the below described WSSA. In 2017, He also founded the Speech Anxiety Anonymous Speech Hall of Fame (https://speechanxietyanonymous.org/) where over 200 Stopped Stuttering Stories are posted. In 2021, he and a group of his ex-stuttering students formed (and Lee has funded over 95% of the costs to date of) World Stop Stuttering Association (https://www.worldstopstuttering.org/), the world’s only community of ex-stutterers and those fast becoming ex-stutterers, which is an IRS-approved 501(c)(3) charity, that provides help to stutterers for as close to zero cost as possible (being only 27 cents per day for all services as of late 2024). While Lee still coaches no charge, WSSA must charge fees (1/2 or less of most therapist’s) for coaching by WSSA’s Certified Stuttering Coaches, all ex-stutterers. In 2024, WSSA released its Mobile App which put its entire program on a cell phone-App, to make it easier for stutterers to use. Recognitions: Lee’s work for stutterers has been recognized variously in Bermuda’s daily paper, The Royal Gazette (GazetteArticleLee); as Recipient of the First Annual Lunan Fluency Award (FluencyAwardLee ); and a listing in IE Magazine as a Top Ten Leader of 2023 (Top Ten Leaders of 2023) plus thousands of emails from grateful stutterers. Of particular interest are the comments of various M.D.’s, Ph.D.’s and ex-stutterers (ReviewsWebsiteLink). A few sample videos of his coaching can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/LeeLovettSpeechWhisperer. Lee also has a YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjm1E-aPw9fMu5QAwaXkNPw) and a Facebook page.
Listings. Have included: numerous Marquis’ “Who’s Who” Editions, including: “Who’s Who in the East (1968-72); “Who’s Who in the West” (1967-68); “Who’s Who in Finance and Industry” (16th Edition); “Who’s Who in American Law” (1st, 2nd Editions); other listings have included: “Outstanding Young Men of America (’69) and Martindale & Hubbell (a/v or highest rating for ability and ethics) in many editions while practicing law in the 1960’s and 1970’s, e.g. Martindale & Hubbell, 1985 Edition, Vol. II. p.84.
Memberships. Include/have included: Congressional Country Club (Potomac, MD); Aspen Club, Maroon Creek Club, & Grand Champions Club (all Aspen, CO.); Coral Beach & Tennis Club (Bermuda); Mid-Ocean Club (Bermuda); Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, (Bermuda); Royal Bermuda Yacht Club; Tuckers Point Club (Bermuda); Sailfish Point Country Club (Stuart, FL.); and numerous professional organizations.
Community Activities. (i) “Fluency Freedom Award” from Theta Research Institute (2021); (ii) “Outstanding Service to Youth Award“, District Association of Approved Youth Clubs (1964), serving over 300 boys’ clubs in Washington, D.C., of which then Attorney General Robert Kennedy was the Chairman. (iii) Three-time recipient of the “Coach of Year” Award in 1968, 1970 and 1973 (Rockville Boys Baseball Association in Montgomery County, Md.), (iv) Past Chairman of D.C. Metro Boys’ Boxing Association (1971). (v) Past President of various civic groups in the 1960’s-1970’s, including: the Inter-Community Council of Citizens’ Associations (Montgomery County, Md.); the Montgomery Square Citizens’ Association; the Beverly Farms PTA; and the Bullis Prep School Fathers’ Club; (vi) Mentor for YouthNet (Bermuda); and (vii) Life Trustee, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy.
Avocations/Miscellaneous. (1) Has enjoyed, reading a book or so a week from age 25 to date, especially philosophy, poetry, and historical fiction. (2) Weights and aerobics six days a week for decades; running 50 miles a week until knees gave out, biking, skiing 75 days a year for years; also, fishing (fly and deep sea) and 25 years of coaching youth baseball, and, for decades, singing (in amateur shows, on radio, in choirs and in duets, trio, quartets and as a soloist in church).
Family. Since 1973, Lee has been married to Lynda Barnes Lovett (pianist, songwriter and singer (https://lynlovett.com), as well as a skilled designer for their own dozen homes over the years, in Aspen, Florida, Virginia, Maryland and Bermuda. Lee has four sons (Mark, Dean, Gil and Ken) and 13 grandchildren (Taylor, Braeden, Luke, Bella, Dean Eliot, Faith, Daisy, Cal, Elise, Lee III, Madelyn, Sophie and Ellie), and six great-grandchildren.
Residence. Lee has been a resident of Bermuda since the 1980’s, where he also acquired Bermuda status and British citizenship. Born in Maryland, he has had homes at various times in the past in Maryland, Virginia, Florida and Aspen, Colorado.