Rex Edwin Lee was an American lawyer and academic who served as U.S. Solicitor General from 1981 to 1985. He was responsible for bringing the solicitor general's office to the center of U.S. legal policymaking. Lee argued 59 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Lee was an alumnus and the tenth president of Brigham Young University (BYU). Lee was also the founding dean of BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School (JRCLS).