Last March, after winning an American National Science Award. Dr. Lee wrote home: ".. .Maybe President Reagan knew that Dad would be eighty this year and only gave me the award to make him happy.
而李遠哲去年三月得到美國國家科學獎後，在家書中告訴雙親：「… … 也許是美國總統知道今年是爸爸的八十大壽，為使爸爸高興，才給我這個獎。