Lee Sigelman

{{Short description|Political scientist}}

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| birth_name = Lee Philip Sigelman

| birth_date = {{birth date|1945|03|28}}

| birth_place = Watertown, South Dakota, US

| death_date = {{death date and age |2009|12|21|1945|03|28}}

| death_place = Washington, D.C., US

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| fields = Political science

| workplaces = Texas Tech University
University of Kentucky
University of Arizona
George Washington University

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| education = Carleton College (B.A., 1967)
Vanderbilt University (Ph.D., 1973)

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| thesis_title = Modernization and Administration: A Cross-sectional Analysis

| thesis_url = https://books.google.com/books/about/Modernization_and_Administration.html?id=-mjDtgAACAAJ

| thesis_year = 1973

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| awards = 2007 Frank J. Goodnow Distinguished Service Award from the American Political Science Association

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| spouse = {{marriage|Carol Kimball Sigelman|1969|2009}}

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Lee Philip Sigelman (March 28, 1945 – December 21, 2009) was an American political scientist. At the time of his death in 2009, he was the Columbian College Distinguished Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. He served as editor-in-chief of the American Political Science Review from 2001 to 2007,{{Cite web |url=https://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/posc/sigelman/ |title=Lee Sigelman Prize in Political Science |website=Carleton College |language=en-US |access-date=2018-04-23}} as editor-in-chief of American Politics Quarterly from 1981 to 1987,{{Cite web |url=http://themonkeycage.org/sigelman%2520vita.pdf |title=Lee Sigelman Curriculum Vitae}} and as president of the Midwest Political Science Association in 1994.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mpsanet.org/About-MPSA/Governance/Past-MPSA-Officers |title=Past MPSA Officers |website=Midwest Political Science Association |language=en-US |access-date=2018-04-23}}