lee albert miglin (july 12, 1924 – may 4, 1997) was an american real estate developer, businessman, and philanthropist. he was born in westville, illinois. miglin went on to become a successful real estate developer in partnership with j. paul beitler. they proposed building a 125-floor skyscraper in chicago, the miglin-beitler skyneedle; however, the building was never built.