Rex E. Lee
| Rex Lee | |
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| President of Brigham Young University | |
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In office July 1, 1989 – December 31, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Jeffrey R. Holland |
| Succeeded by | Merrill J. Bateman |
| Solicitor General of the United States | |
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In office August 1981 – June 1, 1985 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Wade H. McCree |
| Succeeded by | Charles Fried |
| Dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law School | |
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In office October 1971 – August 1981 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Carl S. Hawkins |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Rex Edwin Lee February 27, 1935 Provo, Utah, U.S. |
| Died |
St. Johns, Arizona, U.S. March 11, 1996 (aged 61) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Janet Griffin |
| Children | 7 (including Mike and Thomas) |
| Education |
Brigham Young University, Utah (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Rex Edwin Lee (February 27, 1935 – March 11, 1996) was an American lawyer, law clerk for former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White, and the United States Solicitor General during the Reagan administration. He argued 59 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), Lee was an alumnus and the tenth president of Brigham Young University (BYU). Lee was a first cousin of Mo Udall and Stewart Udall.
Lee was born in St. Johns, Arizona, the son of Mabel (née Whiting) and Rex E. Lee. He served a mission for the LDS Church in the Mexican Mission. He first met his future wife, Janet Griffin (whose father was the Treasury Attaché of the US Embassy in Mexico City), while he was in Mexico. When Lee returned from his mission and enrolled at BYU, he again became acquainted with Janet and they got married the following year.
During his undergraduate years at BYU, Lee was elected student-body president. After completing his undergraduate work at BYU, he obtained a J.D. and graduated first in his class from the University of Chicago Law School in 1963. From law school he went to Washington, DC, to serve as a law clerk for Byron White, an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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