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Dixy Lee Ray (September 3, 1914 – January 2, 1994) was an American academic, scientist, and politician who served as the 17th governor of Washington from 1977 to 1981. Variously described as idiosyncratic and "ridiculously smart," she was the state's first female governor and was in office during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens .
Trashing the Planet: How Science Can Help Us Deal With Acid Rain, Depletion of the Ozone, and Nuclear Waste (Among Other Things) is a 1990 book by zoologist and Governor of Washington Dixy Lee Ray. The book talks about the seriousness about acid rain, the problems with the ozone layer and other environmental issues.
Dixie Lee (born Wilma Winifred Wyatt; November 4, 1909 – November 1, 1952) was an American actress, dancer, and singer. She was the first wife of singer Bing Crosby.
Dixy Lee Ray: 1973–1975 Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford: Atomic Energy Commission Commissioners [6] Sumner Pike : October 31, 1946 – December 15, 1951
An embryonic line-up consisted of former Iona members Kenny Driscoll and Tony Smith, former Quest bassist Ray Jones, and drummer Jim Mathews. The band took on the Lone Star moniker in early 1975 with bassist Pete Hurley and drummer Dixie Lee replacing Jones and Mathews, respectively, and the addition of Canadian keyboardist Rick Worsnop and guitarist Paul "Tonka" Chapman (a cousin of famed ...
Dixy Lee Ray was the first Democratic gubernatorial candidate to carry Island County and Klickitat County since Clarence D. Martin in 1936. This is the most recent gubernatorial election in which a Democrat has carried Benton County and Franklin County.
1980 Washington gubernatorial election ← 1976 November 4, 1980 1984 → Nominee John Spellman Jim McDermott Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 981,083 749,813 Percentage 56.68% 43.32% County results Spellman: 50–60% 60–70% McDermott: 50–60% Governor before election Dixy Lee Ray Democratic Elected Governor John Spellman Republican Elections in Washington Federal government ...
Anne Baxter, who played Dixie Lee, revealed in her autobiography Intermission that Ford and Maria Schell developed an offscreen romance: "During shooting, they'd scrambled together like eggs. I understood she'd even begun divorce proceedings in Germany.