I decided to conduct one more internet search for Albert Lee before we hit the streets. I typed Albert Lee and the date into the search box and only two replies came up. They both referenced the Professor Albert Lee and his mysterious project that he conducted at WVU when he was here. Basically, being a Philosophy professor, Albert was interested in the inner workings of the mind when left to its own devices so he developed an experiment where he left his business card next to someone and then tracked their reaction to it. The project was extremely risky in a time where people were still being labeled as communists because of the Cold War. Someone like Albert who was tracking and following people, was treading on dangerous ground.
Albert Lee fought the university and his peers for ten years while at WVU until one day, January 28th, 1978 exactly ten years after he began teaching, Albert just didn't show up for work.
Students of Albert's flocked to his residence in search of their beloved professor, but the house was empty. Police and residents figured Albert had fled, perhaps he had been a communist all along, but no evidence was ever found. No one ever heard from Albert again, except that since 1978 it is said that occasionally business cards were found with only the words,
"Albert Lee, can you find me?"
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