The President today announced his intention to nominate Rex E. Lee, of Provo, Utah, to be Solicitor General of the United States, Department of Justice. Mr. Lee is currently dean of Brigham Young University, a position he has held since 1977.
Mr. Lee attended Brigham Young University, where he received his B.A. in 1960 and the University of Chicago, where he was awarded the juris doctor degree in 1964.
He served as law clerk for United States Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White in 1963 and 1964. He joined the firm of Jennings, Strouss, Salmon & Trask in Phoenix, Ariz., as an associate in 1964, and in 1967 became a partner in the firm. In 1971 he was appointed founding dean of Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School. From 1975 to 1977, he was Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice.
He was born February 27, 1935, in Los Angeles, Calif.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Rex E. Lee To Be Solicitor General of the United States Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246389