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Dixy Lee Ray

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Also known as D L Ray, Dixy Ray, Dixy L Ray, D. L. Ray, Dixy L. Ray

American marine biologist, politician and seventeenth governor of Washington (1914-1994)

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  • MARINE BORING AND FOULING ORGANISMS
  • Environmental Overkill
  • Dixy Lee Ray speaks on achieving secure energy--the obstacles, at the Nuclear Waste Disposal Conference
  • The Nation's energy future
  • Trashing the planet

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Quotes

  • A nuclear-power plant is infinitely safer than eating, because 300 people choke to death on food every year.
  • Beware of averages. The average person has one breast and one testicle.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Marguerite
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Tacoma
Place of death
Fox Island
Occupation
researcher
Languages spoken
English language
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy
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nickname
Dixy
Commons category
Dixy Lee Ray
date of birth
1914-09-03
date of death
1994-01-02
name in native language
Dixy Lee Ray
cause of death
infection
manner of death
natural causes
National Governors Association biography URL
www.nga.org/governor/dixy-lee-ray
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