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Lee Huizenga or Lee Sjoerds Huizenga (born Liebe Huizenga, 28 June 1881, in Ljoessens, the Netherlands) was an ordained minister of the Christian Reformed Church in North America and a medical doctor. He served as one of the first Christian Reformed missionaries to China. Huizenga, his wife Matilda (nee Van Dyken), and their children sailed from San Francisco on October 20, 1920, and--with some interruptions--lived in China until his death in Shanghai on July 14, 1945. Dr. Huizenga and his family had been imprisoned in a concentration camp since April 7, 1943.

Huizenga received a Bachelor of Divinity Degree from Calvin Theological Seminary in 1909, a Doctor of Medicine degree from the New York Homeopathic Medical College (now the New York Medical College) in 1913, and Doctor of Public Health degree from Yale University in 1929. His doctoral dissertation was "The Eradication of Leprosy: A Public Health Problem."

Huizenga's daughter Myrtle married J. Oscar Wise. The Wises are parents of Shannon Lucid, a member of the first group of women astronauts.