Rex Solomon

Rex Solomon (born March 1966) is an American jewelry store owner and former capella directory publisher.

Rex Solomon a fifth generation Texan, was born in March 1966, and raised in Houston, attending Williston Northampton School in Easthampton, Ma. He is a grandson of notable Harvard psychiatrist Philip Solomon, and the step grandson of his second wife, U.S. Senator Maurine Brown Neuberger, son of landscape photographer Andrew Solomon, nephew of music critic/writer Linda Solomon and brother of filmmaker Keith Solomon.

A 1988 graduate of Brandeis University, also studied at Tufts University and Harvard University. He was a founding member of the first fraternity at Brandeis University, the Lambda Beta Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi. While at Brandeis was the founding president of the Barrister News, an independent weekly paper serving the university. Mr. Solomon was a member of the Varsity Sailing Team

Mr. Solomon attended the University of Houston Law School in the fall of 1989, where he founded The List, the first national directory, of a cappella groups, and an arrangement exchange which combined with Deke Sharon's Contemporary A Cappella Society, where he served as the publisher/printer for the initial year of operation. Mr. Solomon was briefly mentioned in "Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A CAPPELLA Glory" by Mickey Rapkin.

After a year of law school, in 1990 Mr. Solomon became active in his Houston-based family jewelry store, Houston Jewelry, where since 2005 he has served as President. Mr. Solomon is the Secretary & Treasurer of the Texas Jewelers Association, and serves on the board of the Texas Retailers Association. Mr. Solomon was a guest editor of Modern Jeweler Magazine, and a featured speaker at the JCK Las Vegas Jewelry Show. Mr. Solomon serves on the National Advisory Board of the Main Street Growth & Opportunity Coalition. Mr. Solomon is a frequent contributor on Kevin Price's Show The Price of Business Radio on KTEK and the BizTv Network. Mr. Solomon is the Treasurer of the Texas Jewelers Association, and sits on the board of the Texas Retailer's Association

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