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Mar 13, 1996 · Rex Edwin Lee, immediate past president of Brigham Young University and former Solicitor General of the United States, died Monday, March 11, 1996 in Provo, Utah from the effects of cancer. Up to his final days, he was actively engaged in the causes he loved best: serving his family, his church, and the university, and preparing to give his sixtieth oral argument to the Supreme Court of the ...
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Rex E. Lee. Rex Edwin Lee (February 27, 1935 – March 11, 1996) was an American lawyer and academic who served as the 37th solicitor general of the United States from 1981 to 1985. He was responsible for bringing the solicitor general's office to the center of U.S. legal policymaking. [citation needed]
Mar 11, 1996 · Added: Jun 13, 2010. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 53650964. Source citation. Rex Edwin Lee, immediate past president of Brigham Young University and former Solicitor General of the United States, died Monday, March 11, 1996 in Provo, Utah from the effects of cancer. Up to his final days, he was actively engaged in the causes he loved best: serving ...
Mar 23, 1996 · 23 March 1996, 12:00 AM MST. By Greg Hill, Church News staff writer. In his address at Rex E. Lee's funeral March 15, President Gordon B. Hinckley acknowledged the many talents and achievements of the former president of BYU, who died at age 61 on March 11, 1996 (See Church News, March 16). Other speakers during the funeral in the Provo ...
Mar 13, 1996 · Rex E. Lee was born on Feb. 27, 1935, in Los Angeles, the son of Rex and Mabel Lee. His father was killed in an accident before he was born, and his mother married Wilford Shumway. Together they ...
With oxygen assisting his breathing, Rex E. Lee (BA ’60)—former BYU president and founding dean of the university’s J. Reuben Clark Law School—discussed options with his wife in their Provo home. It was February 1996, and cancer was raging through his body. “Rex told me he could still do things with oxygen,” explains his widow, Janet Lee […]
Rex E. Lee was named the 10th president of Brigham Young University on May 12, 1989, effective July 1, 1989, and stepped down on December 31, 1995, due to health reasons. He passed away on March 11, 1996. Before being named president of BYU, Rex Lee was a partner in the law firm of Sidley & Austin. He joined the firm June 1, 1985, after having ...
