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  1. president.byu.edu › directory › rex-e-leeRex E. Lee - President

    Rex E. Lee served as the 10th president of BYU from 1989 to 1995, after a career as a lawyer and solicitor general of the United States. He was known for his efforts to improve academic freedom, timely graduation, long-range planning, fund-raising, and campus construction.

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  2. As president of BYU, Lee oversaw the creation of clear standards on employment requirements and academic freedom, especially in terms of religious education. Lee believed that religious perspectives in the classroom promote academic freedom rather than hinder it.

  3. As the tenth president of Brigham Young University, Rex E. Lee made significant changes to help the university progress into the 21st century and fulfill its mission to provide top-notch education in a spiritually enriching environment.

  4. 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.

  5. President Lee shares a vision of BYU as a unique, top-notch institution. He addresses issues such as diversity, academic freedom, and graduation time.

  6. 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.

  7. On Friday, June 16, at a special meeting capped by a sustained and emotional standing ovation, Rex E. Lee announced that he will be stepping down as president of BYU at the end of 1995.